From 69d3066d824fcdd20c6e641dd0918e85f4022fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adeeb Shihadeh <adeebshihadeh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 09:59:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] minimal build by default on device (#38023)

* minimal build by default on device

* and
---
 SConstruct | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 5ac0987a8..550e5f0ee 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import numpy as np
 import SCons.Errors
 from SCons.Defaults import _stripixes
 
+TICI = os.path.isfile('/TICI')
+
 SCons.Warnings.warningAsException(True)
 
 Decider('MD5-timestamp')
@@ -22,14 +24,14 @@ release = not os.path.exists(File('#.gitattributes').abspath) # file absent on r
 AddOption('--minimal',
           action='store_false',
           dest='extras',
-          default=not release,
+          default=(not TICI and not release),
           help='the minimum build to run openpilot. no tests, tools, etc.')
 
 # Detect platform
 arch = subprocess.check_output(["uname", "-m"], encoding='utf8').rstrip()
 if platform.system() == "Darwin":
   arch = "Darwin"
-elif arch == "aarch64" and os.path.isfile('/TICI'):
+elif arch == "aarch64" and TICI:
   arch = "larch64"
 assert arch in [
   "larch64",  # linux tici arm64