diff --git a/common/autobuild-ignore-doxygen.yml b/common/autobuild-ignore-doxygen.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..209a40a4f75
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+++ b/common/autobuild-ignore-doxygen.yml
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+# doxygen is a common enough cause for cycles that it deserves its own file
+# which can be trivially symlinked to.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - doxygen
+
diff --git a/common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml b/common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67bd2769235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# python-pytest is a common cycle-creator, in that it's typically a checkdep,
+# not a true builddep.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - python-pytest
diff --git a/packages/l/llvm-bolt/autobuild.yml b/packages/l/llvm-bolt/autobuild.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b30bf785048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/l/llvm-bolt/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# A rebuild in git shouldn't really trigger a rebuild of llvm-bolt, and upon
+# inspection of llvm-bolt's recipe, we see that the only reason git is in its
+# builddeps is probably because of build system requirements, so we can safely
+# ignore git here.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - git
diff --git a/packages/l/llvm/autobuild.yml b/packages/l/llvm/autobuild.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..36c576567c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/l/llvm/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/autobuild-ignore-doxygen.yml
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diff --git a/packages/m/mesalib/autobuild.yml b/packages/m/mesalib/autobuild.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13c530e5ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/m/mesalib/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# linux-driver-management is a rundep of mesalib, but a rebuild of LDM
+# really shouldn't trigger a rebuild of mesalib, so ignore it.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - linux-driver-management
diff --git a/packages/o/openjdk-17/autobuild.yml b/packages/o/openjdk-17/autobuild.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..738698fab49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/o/openjdk-17/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# jtreg is a test harness for testing the JDK, so can be ignored in builddeps.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - jtreg
diff --git a/packages/p/pulseaudio/autobuild.yml b/packages/p/pulseaudio/autobuild.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f21004a99ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/p/pulseaudio/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# python3-qt5 is a rundep of pulseaudio-equalizer, so we can ignore python3-qt5
+# when considering pulseaudio rebuilds.
+# If we don't, a python3-qt5 rebuild could trigger a qt6-base rebuild via PA
+# which does not seem reasonable.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - python3-qt5
diff --git a/packages/py/python-chardet/autobuild.yml b/packages/py/python-chardet/autobuild.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..522caca4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py/python-chardet/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/py/python-jinja/autobuild.yml b/packages/py/python-jinja/autobuild.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c852de82ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py/python-jinja/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# python-pytest and python-markupsafe shouldn't trigger a rebuild of this,
+# as these are marked as checkdeps.
+solver:
+  ignore:
+    - python-markupsafe
+    - python-pytest
+
diff --git a/packages/py/python-requests/autobuild.yml b/packages/py/python-requests/autobuild.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..522caca4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py/python-requests/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/py/python-wheel/autobuild.yml b/packages/py/python-wheel/autobuild.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..522caca4c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/py/python-wheel/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/autobuild-ignore-python-pytest.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/t/tpm2-tss/autobuild.yml b/packages/t/tpm2-tss/autobuild.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..36c576567c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/t/tpm2-tss/autobuild.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/autobuild-ignore-doxygen.yml
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