diff --git a/tracer/build/_build/Build.VariableGenerations.cs b/tracer/build/_build/Build.VariableGenerations.cs
index 881f705d9878..8299fa6c7839 100644
--- a/tracer/build/_build/Build.VariableGenerations.cs
+++ b/tracer/build/_build/Build.VariableGenerations.cs
@@ -878,13 +878,8 @@ void GenerateLinuxDotnetToolSmokeTestsMatrix()
                         "alpine",
                         new (string publishFramework, string runtimeTag)[]
                         {
-                            // The standalone .NET tool currently crashes on .NET 8. That's because we currently
-                            // build against .NET Core 3.1, which depends on `libintl`, but that was removed in the 
-                            // .NET 8 alpine packages:
-                            // https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/containers/8.0/libintl-package
-                            // The solution is to compile the standalone tool against .NET 5+ to remove that dependency
-                            // (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET8_0, "8.0-alpine3.18"), 
-                            // (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET8_0, "8.0-alpine3.18-chiseled"), // we can't run scripts in chiseled containers, so need to update the dockerfiles
+                            (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET8_0, "8.0-alpine3.18"), 
+                            (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET8_0, "8.0-alpine3.18-composite"),
                             (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET7_0, "7.0-alpine3.16"),
                             (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET6_0, "6.0-alpine3.14"),
                             (publishFramework: TargetFramework.NET5_0, "5.0-alpine3.14"),