diff --git a/fs-cook b/fs-cook
index 5e2482e..e75fe5d 160000
--- a/fs-cook
+++ b/fs-cook
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5e2482ead75f36ddf9e47e7457ede4ce326ca9b3
+Subproject commit e75fe5dcf04df706d1da76debfbcb17bd5f9dc47
diff --git a/gen_data/gen-suite-matrix.py b/gen_data/gen-suite-matrix.py
index 9ea24c8..beaaab4 100644
--- a/gen_data/gen-suite-matrix.py
+++ b/gen_data/gen-suite-matrix.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import glob
+import os
 
 SUITES_DIR="./suites/*"
 
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@ def generate_matrix_json() -> str:
 		for variantPath in glob.iglob(f"{SUITES_DIR}/*", recursive=False):
 			suiteName = variantPath.split('/')[2]
 			variantName = variantPath.split('/')[3]
-			
-			element = { }
-			
+
+			if os.path.exists(f"{variantPath}/.no-matrix-build"):
+				continue
+
+			element = { }		
 			element['suite'] = suiteName
 			element['variant'] = variantName
 			element['architecture'] = arch
diff --git a/suites/focal/raw/.no-matrix-build b/suites/focal/raw/.no-matrix-build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42625db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/focal/raw/.no-matrix-build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prevents this distro from building in github actions
diff --git a/suites/kinetic/gnomeRaw/.no-matrix-build b/suites/kinetic/gnomeRaw/.no-matrix-build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42625db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/kinetic/gnomeRaw/.no-matrix-build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prevents this distro from building in github actions
diff --git a/suites/kinetic/raw/.no-matrix-build b/suites/kinetic/raw/.no-matrix-build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42625db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/suites/kinetic/raw/.no-matrix-build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prevents this distro from building in github actions