diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 1f9506904a4..54129c3d61a 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ -n "$CMD" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Attempt to just pull artefacts from CI and exit on success.
-./bootstrap_cache.sh && exit
+[ -n "${USE_CACHE:-}" ] && ./bootstrap_cache.sh && exit
 
 ./scripts/bootstrap_native.sh
-./scripts/bootstrap_packages.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+./scripts/bootstrap_packages.sh