diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare.sh b/.github/actions/prepare.sh
index 3bcdf57e5d0..8e940a041f8 100755
--- a/.github/actions/prepare.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ echo "Building dependency list..."
 DEPENDENCY_LIST=
 for package in $(find spk/ -maxdepth 1 -type d | cut -c 5- | sort)
 do
-    DEPENDENCY_LIST+=$(DEPENDENCY_WALK=1 make -s -C spk/${package} dependency-list 2> /dev/null)$'\n'
+    if [ ! -f "./spk/${package}/BROKEN" ]; then
+        DEPENDENCY_LIST+=$(DEPENDENCY_WALK=1 make -s -C spk/${package} dependency-list 2> /dev/null)$'\n'
+    fi
 done
 
 # search for dependent spk packages