diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f43dc8f9..aa7c6a31 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ stages:
 
 # Build a number of native tools first to ensure the other builders don't race
 # over them
-bootstrap:
+n1sdp/bootstrap:
   extends: .build
   stage: bootstrap
-  variables:
-    KAS_TARGET: binutils-cross-aarch64 gcc-cross-aarch64 python3-native opkg-native rpm-native
-  script:
-  - kas build kas/n1sdp.yml
 
 # What percentage of machines in the layer do we build
 machine-coverage:
diff --git a/kas/bootstrap.yml b/kas/bootstrap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e05e46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kas/bootstrap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+header:
+  version: 9
+
+target:
+  - binutils-cross-aarch64
+  - gcc-cross-aarch64
+  - python3-native
+  - opkg-native
+  - rpm-native