diff --git a/IMG_SFX b/IMG_SFX
index 242d8ac2..3cb9abcc 100644
--- a/IMG_SFX
+++ b/IMG_SFX
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20240125t184057z-f39f38d13
+20240130t133129z-f39f38d13
diff --git a/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh b/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
index 378013b7..024edc67 100644
--- a/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
+++ b/cache_images/fedora_packaging.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ msg "Updating/Installing repos and packages for $OS_REL_VER"
 
 bigto ooe.sh $SUDO dnf update -y
 
+# netavark crisis of 2024-01-27 weekend
+timebomb 20240210 "Please remove aardvark-dns from INSTALL_PACKAGES; netavark should Require it"
+
 INSTALL_PACKAGES=(\
+    aardvark-dns
     autoconf
     automake
     bash-completion
@@ -140,13 +144,7 @@ INSTALL_PACKAGES=(\
     zstd
 )
 
-# Test with CNI in Fedora N-1
-EXARG=""
-if [[ "$PACKER_BUILD_NAME" =~ prior ]]; then
-    EXARG="--exclude=netavark --exclude=aardvark-dns"
-fi
-
-# Rawhide images don't need these pacakges
+# Rawhide images don't need these packages
 if [[ "$PACKER_BUILD_NAME" =~ fedora ]]; then
     INSTALL_PACKAGES+=( \
         docker-compose
@@ -173,13 +171,6 @@ if [[ "$PACKER_BUILD_NAME" =~ fedora ]]; then
     )
 fi
 
-# Workarond: Around the time of this commit, the `criu` package
-# was found to be missing a recommends-dependency on criu-libs.
-# Until a fixed rpm lands in the Fedora repositories, manually
-# include it here.  This workaround should be removed once the
-# package is corrected (likely > 3.17.1-3).
-INSTALL_PACKAGES+=(criu-libs)
-
 # When installing during a container-build, having this present
 # will seriously screw up future dnf operations in very non-obvious ways.
 if ! ((CONTAINER)); then
@@ -205,7 +196,7 @@ DOWNLOAD_PACKAGES=(\
 )
 
 msg "Installing general build/test dependencies"
-bigto $SUDO dnf install -y $EXARG "${INSTALL_PACKAGES[@]}"
+bigto $SUDO dnf install -y "${INSTALL_PACKAGES[@]}"
 
 msg "Downloading packages for optional installation at runtime, as needed."
 $SUDO mkdir -p "$PACKAGE_DOWNLOAD_DIR"