diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index 20517fd630d..6bea15b67e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ jobs:
           mv -T target target.cache
         fi
         # Check that we don't cross-build uudoc
+        # also do not try to generate manpages for part of hashsum
         make install-manpages PREFIX=/tmp/usr UTILS=true RUSTC_ARCH="--target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
         # build (host)
         make build
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 91d9e7385ee..3ff2f7b12a6 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 endif
 
 UTILS ?= $(filter-out $(SKIP_UTILS),$(PROGS))
+ifneq ($(filter hashsum,$(UTILS)),hashsum)
+	HASHSUM_PROGS :=
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(findstring stdbuf,$(UTILS)),)
     # Use external libstdbuf per default. It is more robust than embedding libstdbuf.