diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/python_build.yaml
index 81b9177b6..275af6c58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_build.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           # Generate requirements file with all extras
-          pip-compile pyproject.toml --all-extras -o requirements-all.txt
+          pip-compile pyproject.toml \
+          --extra build \
+          --extra tdms \
+          --extra hdf5 \
+          --extra sift-stream \
+          --extra rosbags \
+          --extra openssl \
+          -o requirements-all.txt
 
       - name: Build dependency wheels
         working-directory: python
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index b51621220..4a5726467 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ tdms = ["npTDMS~=1.9"]
 rosbags = ["rosbags~=0.0"]
 sift-stream = ["sift-stream-bindings>=0.1.2"]
 hdf5 = ["h5py~=3.11", "polars~=1.8"]
+# Ensure any new user build extras are added to .github/workflows/python_build.yaml
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/python/scripts/build_utils.py b/python/scripts/build_utils.py
index dd78afac1..877658faa 100644
--- a/python/scripts/build_utils.py
+++ b/python/scripts/build_utils.py
@@ -34,18 +34,25 @@ def get_extras_from_wheel(wheel_path: str) -> List[str]:
         return extras
 
 
-def get_extra_combinations(extras: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+def get_extra_combinations(extras: List[str], exclude: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> List[str]:
     """Generate all possible combinations of extras.
 
     Args:
         extras: List of extra names to generate combinations from.
+        exclude: Optional list of extra names to exclude from combinations.
 
     Returns:
         List of comma-separated strings representing each combination of extras.
     """
+    # Filter out excluded extras
+    if exclude:
+        filtered_extras = [extra for extra in extras if extra not in exclude]
+    else:
+        filtered_extras = extras
+
     all_combinations = []
-    for r in range(len(extras) + 1):
-        all_combinations.extend(",".join(c) for c in combinations(extras, r))
+    for r in range(len(filtered_extras) + 1):
+        all_combinations.extend(",".join(c) for c in combinations(filtered_extras, r))
     return all_combinations
 
 
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Get all extras from the wheel
     extras = get_extras_from_wheel(str(wheel_file))
-    combinations = get_extra_combinations(extras)
+    combinations = get_extra_combinations(extras, ["development", "docs"])
 
     # Test base installation first
     test_install(