diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f59642391..57a95a391 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ variables:
   FEDORA_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/fedora:v39.5"
   COVERITY_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/coverity:v7"
   DEBIAN_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/debian-stable:v23"
-  DEBIAN_I386_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/debian-stable-i386:v2"
+  DEBIAN_I386_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/debian-stable-i386:v3"
   ALPINE_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/alpine:v7"
   MINGW_IMAGE: "registry.gitlab.gnome.org/gnome/glib/mingw:v39.5"
   GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_TAG: "1.80.1"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
index bb4788baa..572e3bea6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/debian-stable.Dockerfile
@@ -74,24 +74,6 @@ ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages meson==1.4.2
 
-# ninja-build 1.11.1 didn't build with large file support on 32-bit,
-# breaking the i386 image when used with overlayfs.
-# The fix from upstream 1.12.0 was backported to Debian in 1.11.1-2,
-# but too late for Debian 12. https://bugs.debian.org/1041897
-RUN if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" = i386 ]; then \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq -y \
-        debhelper \
-        re2c \
-    && mkdir /run/build \
-    && git clone --depth=1 -b debian/1.11.1-2 https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ninja-build.git /run/build/ninja-build \
-    && cd /run/build/ninja-build \
-    && git checkout e39b5f01229311916302300449d951735e4a3e3f \
-    && dpkg-buildpackage -B -Pnodoc \
-    && dpkg -i ../*.deb \
-    && cd / \
-    && rm -fr /run/build; \
-fi
-
 ARG HOST_USER_ID=5555
 ENV HOST_USER_ID ${HOST_USER_ID}
 RUN useradd -u $HOST_USER_ID -ms /bin/bash user