diff --git a/automation/build/archlinux/current-x86_64.dockerfile b/automation/build/archlinux/current-x86_64.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4449cf952c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/build/archlinux/current-x86_64.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+FROM --platform=linux/amd64 archlinux:base-devel
+LABEL maintainer.name="The Xen Project"
+LABEL maintainer.email="xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org"
+
+RUN <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+    set -eu
+
+    useradd --create-home user
+
+    pacman-key --init
+
+    DEPS=(
+        # Tools (general)
+        git
+        wget
+        # libxenguest dombuilder
+        lzo
+        # libacpi
+        iasl
+        # Python bindings
+        python-setuptools
+        # Golang bindings
+        go
+    )
+
+    pacman -S --refresh --sysupgrade --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed "${DEPS[@]}"
+    yes | pacman -S --clean --clean
+EOF
+
+USER user
+WORKDIR /build
diff --git a/automation/build/archlinux/current.dockerfile b/automation/build/archlinux/current.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index a257027772..0000000000
--- a/automation/build/archlinux/current.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM --platform=linux/amd64 archlinux:base-devel
-LABEL maintainer.name="The Xen Project" \
-      maintainer.email="xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org"
-
-RUN pacman-key --init
-
-RUN pacman -S --refresh --sysupgrade --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed \
-        bzip2 \
-        cpio \
-        discount \
-        dtc \
-        e2fsprogs \
-        ghostscript \
-        git \
-        gnutls \
-        go \
-        iasl \
-        inetutils \
-        iproute \
-        libaio \
-        libcacard \
-        libgl \
-        libjpeg-turbo \
-        libnl \
-        libpng \
-        libseccomp \
-        net-tools \
-        nss \
-        perl \
-        pixman \
-        pkgconfig \
-        python \
-        python-setuptools \
-        sdl \
-        sdl2 \
-        spice \
-        spice-protocol \
-        # systemd for Xen < 4.19
-        systemd \
-        transfig \
-        usbredir \
-        wget \
-        xz \
-        yajl \
-        zlib \
-    && yes | pacman -S --clean --clean
-
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
-
-RUN useradd --create-home user
-USER user
-WORKDIR /build
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
index acd4acf131..9eda40dc6e 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/build.yaml
@@ -523,16 +523,16 @@ alpine-3.18-clang-debug:
   variables:
     CONTAINER: alpine:3.18
 
-archlinux-gcc:
+archlinux-x86_64-gcc:
   extends: .gcc-x86-64-build
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: archlinux:current
+    CONTAINER: archlinux:current-x86_64
   allow_failure: true
 
-archlinux-gcc-debug:
+archlinux-x86_64-gcc-debug:
   extends: .gcc-x86-64-build-debug
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: archlinux:current
+    CONTAINER: archlinux:current-x86_64
   allow_failure: true
 
 debian-12-x86_64-gcc-ibt:
diff --git a/automation/gitlab-ci/containers.yaml b/automation/gitlab-ci/containers.yaml
index 8b702a1d82..8e1c42a0c5 100644
--- a/automation/gitlab-ci/containers.yaml
+++ b/automation/gitlab-ci/containers.yaml
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
   after_script:
     - docker logout
 
-container-archlinux-current:
+container-archlinux-current-x86_64:
   extends:
     - .container-build-tmpl
   variables:
-    CONTAINER: "archlinux:current"
+    CONTAINER: "archlinux:current-x86_64"
 
 container-opensuse-tumbleweed-x86_64:
   extends:
diff --git a/automation/scripts/containerize b/automation/scripts/containerize
index 70494645e0..aea842e1ff 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/containerize
+++ b/automation/scripts/containerize
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ BASE="registry.gitlab.com/xen-project/xen"
 case "_${CONTAINER}" in
     _alpine) CONTAINER="${BASE}/alpine:3.18" ;;
     _alpine-arm64v8) CONTAINER="${BASE}/alpine:3.18-arm64v8" ;;
-    _archlinux|_arch) CONTAINER="${BASE}/archlinux:current" ;;
+    _archlinux|_arch) CONTAINER="${BASE}/archlinux:current-x86_64" ;;
     _fedora) CONTAINER="${BASE}/fedora:43-x86_64";;
     _bullseye-ppc64le) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:11-ppc64le" ;;
     _bookworm-ppc64le) CONTAINER="${BASE}/debian:12-ppc64le" ;;