diff --git a/aiter/aot/flydsl/common.py b/aiter/aot/flydsl/common.py
index 61ef2f478f..b02b752647 100644
--- a/aiter/aot/flydsl/common.py
+++ b/aiter/aot/flydsl/common.py
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ def cu_num_to_arch(cu_num: int, default: str = "gfx950") -> str:
     return _CU_NUM_TO_ARCH.get(cu_num, default)
 
 
+def _job_arch(job: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    """Extract the target arch string from a job dict, regardless of OpKind.
+
+    Returns None when the job carries no arch signal (cu_num absent or 0,
+    no explicit "arch" key) — these are arch-agnostic untuned jobs that
+    must be compiled regardless of GPU_ARCHS.
+
+    GEMM and MoE tuned job dicts carry ``cu_num`` > 0 (arch derived via
+    cu_num_to_arch). CHUNK_GDN_H job dicts carry an explicit ``"arch"``
+    string and have no ``cu_num`` field.
+    """
+    if "arch" in job:
+        return job["arch"]
+    cu_num = job.get("cu_num", 0)
+    if not cu_num:
+        return None  # untuned / arch-agnostic job — always include
+    return cu_num_to_arch(cu_num)
+
+
 def job_identity(job: dict[str, Any]) -> tuple:
     return tuple(sorted(job.items()))
 
@@ -301,6 +320,25 @@ def start_aot(
         for job in _collect_aot_jobs_for(kind):
             all_jobs.append((kind, job))
 
+    gpu_archs_env = os.environ.get("GPU_ARCHS", "").strip()
+    if gpu_archs_env and gpu_archs_env.lower() != "native":
+        from aiter.jit.utils.build_targets import _parse_gpu_archs_env
+
+        requested = set(_parse_gpu_archs_env(gpu_archs_env))
+        before = len(all_jobs)
+        all_jobs = [
+            (kind, job)
+            for kind, job in all_jobs
+            if (arch := _job_arch(job)) is None or arch in requested
+        ]
+        filtered = before - len(all_jobs)
+        if filtered:
+            print(
+                f"[aiter] FlyDSL AOT: GPU_ARCHS={gpu_archs_env!r} skipped"
+                f" {filtered} kernels for unrequested arches"
+                f" ({len(all_jobs)} remaining)"
+            )
+
     if not all_jobs:
         print("[aiter] FlyDSL AOT: no kernels to compile, skipping")
         return None, {}