diff --git a/local/recipes/drivers/linux-kpi/recipe.toml b/local/recipes/drivers/linux-kpi/recipe.toml
index 47a79897..4e88eb6c 100644
--- a/local/recipes/drivers/linux-kpi/recipe.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/drivers/linux-kpi/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+#TODO: linux-kpi — build-ordering marker. Downstream driver builds compile the crate via Cargo path deps.
+# The cookbook cargo template cannot install a library-only crate cleanly here, so keep this as a
+# custom no-op recipe until the cookbook grows first-class Rust library packaging.
 [source]
 path = "source"
 
 [build]
-template = "cargo"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "redox-driver-sys",
 ]
+script = """
+echo "linux-kpi: build-ordering marker — actual crate is compiled by downstream Cargo builds"
+mkdir -p "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr"
+"""
diff --git a/local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/source/Cargo.toml b/local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/source/Cargo.toml
index b3a3cf80..ea28e85b 100644
--- a/local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/source/Cargo.toml
+++ b/local/recipes/gpu/redox-drm/source/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 description = "DRM scheme daemon for Redox OS — provides GPU modesetting and buffer management"
 
 [dependencies]
-redox-driver-sys = { version = "0.1", path = "../../drivers/redox-driver-sys/source" }
-linux-kpi = { version = "0.1", path = "../../drivers/linux-kpi/source" }
+redox-driver-sys = { version = "0.1", path = "../../../drivers/redox-driver-sys/source" }
+linux-kpi = { version = "0.1", path = "../../../drivers/linux-kpi/source" }
 libredox = "0.1"
 redox_syscall = { version = "0.7", features = ["std"] }
 syscall04 = { package = "redox_syscall", version = "0.4" }
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ thiserror = "2"
 bitflags = "2"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-redox-driver-sys = { path = "../../drivers/redox-driver-sys/source" }
-linux-kpi = { path = "../../drivers/linux-kpi/source" }
+redox-driver-sys = { path = "../../../drivers/redox-driver-sys/source" }
+linux-kpi = { path = "../../../drivers/linux-kpi/source" }