diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 2b7f1c492..60de62e8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ jobs:
       run: ./configure.sh
     - name: build in DEBUG mode
       run: make
-    - name: Build Maui Android frontend
-      run: dotnet build src/GWallet.Frontend.Maui/GWallet.Frontend.Maui.fsproj --framework=net8.0-android
     - name: Build Android APK
       run: dotnet publish src/GWallet.Frontend.Maui/GWallet.Frontend.Maui.fsproj --framework net8.0-android --configuration Release
     # Upload artifact fails with "permission denied" error without this
diff --git a/scripts/make.fsx b/scripts/make.fsx
index 5e70e4395..14213c73a 100644
--- a/scripts/make.fsx
+++ b/scripts/make.fsx
@@ -53,14 +53,17 @@ type FrontendProject =
 type FrontendApp =
     | Console
     | Gtk
+    | Maui
     member self.GetProjectName() =
         match self with
         | Console -> CONSOLE_FRONTEND_APP
         | Gtk -> GTK_FRONTEND_APP
+        | Maui -> MAUI_FRONTEND_APP
     member self.GetExecutableName() =
         match self with
         | Console -> CONSOLE_FRONTEND_APP
         | Gtk -> UNIX_NAME
+        | Maui -> MAUI_FRONTEND_APP
     override self.ToString() =
         sprintf "%A" self
 
@@ -310,13 +313,9 @@ let DotNetBuild
             ()
     | _ -> ()
 
-// We have to build Maui project for android twice because the first time we get
-// an error about Resource file not found. The second time it works. 
-// https://github.com/fabulous-dev/FSharp.Mobile.Templates/tree/55a1f3a0fd5cc397e48677ef4ff9241b360b0e84 
-let BuildMauiProject binaryConfig =
+let BuildMauiProject (binaryConfig: BinaryConfig) (frameworkIdentifier: string) =
     let mauiProjectFilePath = FrontendProject.Maui.GetProjectFile().FullName
-    DotNetBuild mauiProjectFilePath binaryConfig "--framework net8.0-android" true
-    DotNetBuild mauiProjectFilePath binaryConfig "--framework net8.0-android" false
+    DotNetBuild mauiProjectFilePath binaryConfig (sprintf "--framework %s" frameworkIdentifier) true
 
 let JustBuild binaryConfig maybeConstant: FrontendApp*FileInfo =
     let maybeBuildTool = Map.tryFind "BuildTool" buildConfigContents
@@ -381,7 +380,6 @@ let JustBuild binaryConfig maybeConstant: FrontendApp*FileInfo =
                     // somehow, msbuild doesn't restore the frontend dependencies (e.g. Xamarin.Forms) when targetting
                     // the {LINUX|MAC}_SOLUTION_FILE below, so we need this workaround. TODO: just finish migrating to MAUI(dotnet restore)
                     NugetRestore solution
-                    CopyXamlFiles()
                     MSBuildRestoreAndBuild solution
 
                 FrontendApp.Console
@@ -421,6 +419,13 @@ let JustBuild binaryConfig maybeConstant: FrontendApp*FileInfo =
                 FrontendApp.Gtk
             else
                 FrontendApp.Console
+        | Some buildTool, None when buildTool = "dotnet" ->
+            if Misc.GuessPlatform() = Misc.Platform.Linux && FsxHelper.AreGtkLibsPresent Echo.All then
+                BuildMauiProject binaryConfig "net6.0-gtk"
+            else
+                BuildMauiProject binaryConfig "net8.0-android"
+
+            FrontendApp.Maui
         | _ -> FrontendApp.Console
 
     let scriptName = sprintf "%s-%s" UNIX_NAME (frontend.ToString().ToLower())
@@ -480,8 +485,8 @@ let MakeAll (maybeConstant: Option<string>) =
         Network.DownloadNugetExe FsxHelper.NugetExe
 #endif
     let buildConfig = BinaryConfig.Debug
-    let frontend,_ = JustBuild buildConfig maybeConstant
     CopyXamlFiles()
+    let frontend,_ = JustBuild buildConfig maybeConstant
     frontend,buildConfig
 
 let RunFrontend (frontend: FrontendApp) (buildConfig: BinaryConfig) (maybeArgs: Option<string>) =