diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6395343241048..2c62868dba221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ jobs:
             --target-toolchain _ \
             --target-sysroot _ \
             --target-triple _ \
-            --runtime-mode=${{ matrix.mode }}
+            --runtime-mode=${{ matrix.mode }} \
+            --disable-desktop-embeddings
           ninja -C src/out/$OUTPUT_NAME clang_x64/gen_snapshot
 
           src/flutter/ci/tizen/cache-checksum.sh save src/out/$OUTPUT_NAME
diff --git a/ci/tizen/gclient-shallow-sync.py b/ci/tizen/gclient-shallow-sync.py
index 3ef77ebf02c5a..e019d47ae1a4f 100644
--- a/ci/tizen/gclient-shallow-sync.py
+++ b/ci/tizen/gclient-shallow-sync.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import os
+import platform
 import sys
 import subprocess
 import concurrent.futures
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@
 
 def run_git(args, cwd):
     if not args:
-        raise Exception('Please provide a git command to run')
+        raise Exception('Please provide a git command to run.')
     return subprocess.call(['git'] + args, cwd=cwd) == 0
 
 
@@ -42,12 +43,21 @@ def checkout_deps(deps):
 
 def main(argv):
     if (len(argv) < 1):
-        raise Exception('Please provide a DEPS file to update')
+        raise Exception('Please provide a DEPS file to update.')
     deps_file = argv[0]
     if not os.path.exists(deps_file):
-        raise Exception('DEPS file does not exist')
+        raise Exception('The DEPS file does not exist.')
+
+    host_os = 'linux'
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+        host_os = 'win'
+    if platform.system() == 'Darwin':
+        host_os = 'mac'
+
     deps_contents = gclient_utils.FileRead(deps_file)
-    local_scope = gclient_eval.Parse(deps_contents, deps_file)
+    local_scope = gclient_eval.Parse(
+        deps_contents, deps_file, builtin_vars={'host_os': host_os})
+
     checkout_deps(local_scope['deps'])