diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-component.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-component.yaml
index e583bf635a..098c66136a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push-component.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push-component.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: ${{ inputs.image_tag }}
           BUILD_TIMESTAMP: ${{ inputs.timestamp }}
           COMMIT_HASH: ${{ github.sha }}
+          BUILD_OPTS: -tags=exclude_graphdriver_btrfs,exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper
 
       - name: Export digest
         if: inputs.push
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 9aaa583714..3fbfb60853 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 run:
   timeout: 20m
+  build-tags:
+    - exclude_graphdriver_btrfs
+    - exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper
 
 linters-settings:
   golint:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f19c68598..6b2eb21f21 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ DOCKER_TAG ?= $(VERSION)
 VMCLARITY_TOOLS_BASE ?=
 GO_VERSION ?= $(shell cat $(ROOT_DIR)/.go-version)
 GO_BUILD_TAGS ?=
+GO_BUILD_TAGS += exclude_graphdriver_btrfs exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper
 
 ####
 ## Runtime variables
@@ -59,9 +60,7 @@ build: ui build-all-go ## Build all components
 build-all-go: bin/vmclarity-apiserver bin/vmclarity-cli bin/vmclarity-orchestrator bin/vmclarity-ui-backend bin/vmclarity-cr-discovery-server ## Build all go components
 
 BUILD_OPTS = -race
-ifneq ($(GO_BUILD_TAGS),)
-BUILD_OPTS += -tags $(GO_BUILD_TAGS)
-endif
+BUILD_OPTS += -tags="$(GO_BUILD_TAGS)"
 
 LDFLAGS = -s -w
 LDFLAGS += -X 'github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/core/version.Version=$(VERSION)'
@@ -207,6 +206,7 @@ lint-helm: ## Lint Helm charts
 	docker run --rm --workdir /workdir --volume "$(ROOT_DIR):/workdir" quay.io/helmpack/chart-testing:v3.8.0 ct lint --all
 
 GOTEST_OPTS := -failfast -timeout 30m -short
+GOTEST_OPTS += -tags="$(GO_BUILD_TAGS)"
 ifeq ($(CI),true)
 	GOTEST_OPTS += -v
 endif
@@ -219,10 +219,11 @@ $(TESTGOMODULES):
 .PHONY: test
 test: $(TESTGOMODULES) ## Run Go unit tests
 
+GOVET_OPTS := -tags="$(GO_BUILD_TAGS)"
 VETGOMODULES = $(addprefix vet-, $(GOMODULES))
 
 $(VETGOMODULES):
-	go -C $(@:vet-%=%) vet ./...
+	go -C $(@:vet-%=%) vet $(GOVET_OPTS) ./...
 
 .PHONY: vet
 vet: $(VETGOMODULES) ## Run go vet for modules