diff --git a/barretenberg/acir_tests/.rebuild_patterns b/barretenberg/acir_tests/.rebuild_patterns
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f621d5d3ef8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barretenberg/acir_tests/.rebuild_patterns
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+^acir_tests/scripts/run_test.sh
diff --git a/barretenberg/acir_tests/bootstrap.sh b/barretenberg/acir_tests/bootstrap.sh
index e718b6f7f871..e1a7bef0d6cd 100755
--- a/barretenberg/acir_tests/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/barretenberg/acir_tests/bootstrap.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export bb=$(realpath ../cpp/build/bin/bb)
 tests_tar=barretenberg-acir-tests-$(hash_str \
   $(../../noir/bootstrap.sh hash-tests) \
   $(cache_content_hash \
+    ./.rebuild_patterns \
     ../cpp/.rebuild_patterns \
     )).tar.gz
 
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ tests_hash=$(hash_str \
   $(../../noir/bootstrap.sh hash-tests) \
   $(cache_content_hash \
     ^barretenberg/acir_tests/ \
+    ./.rebuild_patterns \
     ../cpp/.rebuild_patterns \
     ../ts/.rebuild_patterns))
 
diff --git a/barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test.sh b/barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test.sh
index 5ee2cbe390e1..5f1fdd9e8984 100755
--- a/barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test.sh
+++ b/barretenberg/acir_tests/scripts/run_test.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if [ "$COMPILE" -ne 0 ]; then
   export RAYON_NUM_THREADS=${RAYON_NUM_THREADS:-4}
   rm -rf target
   set +e
-  compile_output=$($nargo compile --pedantic-solving --silence-warnings 2>&1 && $nargo execute --pedantic-solving 2>&1)
+  compile_output=$($nargo compile --silence-warnings 2>&1 && $nargo execute 2>&1)
   result=$?
   set -e
   if [ "$result" -ne 0 ]; then