diff --git a/agent/internal/inventory/collect_other.go b/agent/internal/inventory/collect_other.go
index 59c3c1b..8a0921f 100644
--- a/agent/internal/inventory/collect_other.go
+++ b/agent/internal/inventory/collect_other.go
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+//go:build !linux
 
-
+// Inventory collection is Linux-only. This no-op stands in everywhere else.
+//
+// The build constraint above is load-bearing: "_other" is not a GOOS suffix, so
+// without it this file compiles on Linux too and collides with collect_linux.go.
 package inventory
 
 import "github.com/mrhid6/vantage/agent/internal/grpc/pb"