diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index e91bb2c40..124f5cca4 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -323,17 +323,6 @@ framework:
 
     SAVE ARTIFACT --keep-own /framework/ framework
 
-# This target must stay "dummy" because it has to be "FROM scratch" thus it cannot
-# call "cat" or "echo".
-framework-image:
-    FROM scratch
-    ARG FLAVOR
-    ARG VERSION
-
-    COPY (+framework/framework --VERSION=$VERSION --FLAVOR=$FLAVOR) /
-
-    SAVE IMAGE --push $IMAGE_REPOSITORY_ORG/framework:${VERSION}_${FLAVOR}
-
 build-framework-image:
     FROM alpine
     ARG FLAVOR
@@ -341,13 +330,17 @@ build-framework-image:
     COPY +version/VERSION ./
     ARG VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
 
-    BUILD +framework-image --VERSION=$VERSION --FLAVOR=$FLAVOR
-
     ARG _IMG="$IMAGE_REPOSITORY_ORG/framework:${VERSION}_${FLAVOR}"
     RUN echo $_IMG > FRAMEWORK_IMAGE
 
     SAVE ARTIFACT FRAMEWORK_IMAGE AS LOCAL build/FRAMEWORK_IMAGE
 
+    FROM scratch
+
+    COPY (+framework/framework --VERSION=$VERSION --FLAVOR=$FLAVOR) /
+
+    SAVE IMAGE --push $IMAGE_REPOSITORY_ORG/framework:${VERSION}_${FLAVOR}
+
 base-image:
     ARG MODEL
     ARG FLAVOR