diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 1c230115c..03ad937b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: 1.17.x
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: make test
       - name: Prepare
         id: prep
         run: |
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2fbf5a44d..ca9289fef 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
 RUN export $(cat build/musl/$(xx-info alpine-arch).env | xargs) && \
     export LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/$(xx-info triple):/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib64" && \
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/$(xx-info triple)/lib64/pkgconfig" && \
-    export FLAGS="$(pkg-config --static --libs --cflags libssh2 openssl libgit2)" && \
-    export CGO_LDFLAGS="${FLAGS} -static" && \
+    export CGO_LDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --static --libs --cflags libssh2 openssl libgit2) -static" && \
     GOARCH=$TARGETARCH go build  \
         -ldflags "-s -w" \
         -tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build' \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0fd80a7f..95277e536 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ IMG ?= fluxcd/source-controller
 TAG ?= latest
 
 # Base image used to build the Go binary
-LIBGIT2_IMG ?= ghcr.io/fluxcd/golang-with-libgit2
-LIBGIT2_TAG ?= libgit2-1.1.1-4
+LIBGIT2_IMG ?= quay.io/paulinhu/golang-with-libgit2
+LIBGIT2_TAG ?= libgit2-1.1.1-5
 
 # Allows for defining additional Docker buildx arguments,
 # e.g. '--push'.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ MUSL-CC =
 
 export CGO_ENABLED=1
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH)/pkgconfig:$(LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH)/pkgconfig
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH):$(LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH)
+export LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIBGIT2_LIB_PATH):$(LIBGIT2_LIB64_PATH)
 export CGO_CFLAGS=-I$(LIBGIT2_PATH)/include -I$(LIBGIT2_PATH)/include/openssl
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Darwin)
@@ -41,11 +41,18 @@ endif
 
 
 ifeq ($(shell uname -s),Linux)
+ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
+# Linux x86_64 seem to be able to cope with the static libraries 
+# by having only musl-dev installed, without the need of using musl toolchain.
+	GO_STATIC_FLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w" -tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build'
+else
 	MUSL-PREFIX=$(REPOSITORY_ROOT)/build/musl/$(shell uname -m)-linux-musl-native/bin/$(shell uname -m)-linux-musl
 	MUSL-CC=$(MUSL-PREFIX)-gcc
 	export CC=$(MUSL-PREFIX)-gcc
 	export CXX=$(MUSL-PREFIX)-g++
 	export AR=$(MUSL-PREFIX)-ar
+	GO_STATIC_FLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -extldflags \"-static\"" -tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build'
+endif
 endif
 
 # API (doc) generation utilities
@@ -59,7 +66,6 @@ else
 GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
 endif
 
-
 # Architecture to use envtest with
 ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
 ENVTEST_ARCH ?= amd64
@@ -70,21 +76,18 @@ endif
 all: build
 
 build: $(LIBGIT2) ## Build manager binary
-	go build -o bin/manager main.go
+	go build $(GO_STATIC_FLAGS) -o bin/manager main.go
 
 KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS?="$(shell $(ENVTEST) --arch=$(ENVTEST_ARCH) use -i $(ENVTEST_KUBERNETES_VERSION) --bin-dir=$(ENVTEST_ASSETS_DIR) -p path)"
 test: $(LIBGIT2) install-envtest test-api  ## Run tests
 	KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS=$(KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS) \
-	go test ./... \
-		-ldflags "-s -w" \
-		-coverprofile cover.out \
-	 	-tags 'netgo,osusergo,static_build'
+	go test $(GO_STATIC_FLAGS) ./... -coverprofile cover.out
 
 test-api: ## Run api tests
 	cd api; go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
 
 run: $(LIBGIT2) generate fmt vet manifests  ## Run against the configured Kubernetes cluster in ~/.kube/config
-	go run ./main.go
+	go run $(GO_STATIC_FLAGS) ./main.go
 
 install: manifests  ## Install CRDs into a cluster
 	kustomize build config/crd | kubectl apply -f -
@@ -192,7 +195,8 @@ PROJECT_DIR := $(shell dirname $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 define go-install-tool
 @[ -f $(1) ] || { \
 set -e ;\
-TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
+TMP_DIR=$(REPOSITORY_ROOT)/build/tmp ;\
+mkdir -p $$TMP_DIR ;\
 cd $$TMP_DIR ;\
 go mod init tmp ;\
 echo "Downloading $(2)" ;\
diff --git a/hack/download-musl.sh b/hack/download-musl.sh
index e1e518566..3f5b527d2 100755
--- a/hack/download-musl.sh
+++ b/hack/download-musl.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MUSL_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/build/musl"
 if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "$(uname -m)" ]; then
     MUSL_FILENAME="${MUSL_X86_64_FILENAME}"
     MUSL_SHA512="${MUSL_X86_64_SHA512}"
-    MUSL_PREFIX=$(xx-info alpine-arch)-linux-musl-native/bin/$(xx-info alpine-arch)-linux-musl
+    MUSL_PREFIX="${TARGET_ARCH}-linux-musl-native/bin/${TARGET_ARCH}-linux-musl"
     if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm64" ] || [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "aarch64" ]; then
         MUSL_FILENAME="${MUSL_AARCH64_FILENAME}"
         MUSL_SHA512="${MUSL_AARCH64_SHA512}"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "$(uname -m)" ]; then
 else
     MUSL_FILENAME="${MUSL_XX86_64_FILENAME}"
     MUSL_SHA512="${MUSL_XX86_64_SHA512}"
-    MUSL_PREFIX=$(xx-info alpine-arch)-linux-musl-cross/bin/$(xx-info alpine-arch)-linux-musl
+    MUSL_PREFIX="${TARGET_ARCH}-linux-musl-cross/bin/${TARGET_ARCH}-linux-musl"
     if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm64" ] || [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "aarch64" ]; then
         MUSL_FILENAME="${MUSL_XAARCH64_FILENAME}"
         MUSL_SHA512="${MUSL_XAARCH64_SHA512}"