diff --git a/scripts/romset_recipes.py b/scripts/romset_recipes.py
index 10ed04d0c..617e44034 100644
--- a/scripts/romset_recipes.py
+++ b/scripts/romset_recipes.py
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ def platform_targets(platforms_dir: str) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
     """Container MD5s the platforms pin, per archive name.
 
     ``zipped_file`` entries pin an inner ROM instead of the container, so
-    their MD5 is not an archive hash and is skipped.
+    their MD5 is not an archive hash and is skipped. So is a Recalbox md5,
+    the composite of the members (``zip_digest: composite``, Bios.cpp:64-68):
+    no container build can ever give it.
     """
     targets: dict[str, set[str]] = defaultdict(set)
     for name in list_registered_platforms(platforms_dir):
@@ -298,7 +300,11 @@ def platform_targets(platforms_dir: str) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
         for system in config.get("systems", {}).values():
             for entry in system.get("files", []) or []:
                 archive = entry.get("name", "")
-                if not archive.endswith(".zip") or entry.get("zipped_file"):
+                if (
+                    not archive.endswith(".zip")
+                    or entry.get("zipped_file")
+                    or entry.get("zip_digest") == "composite"
+                ):
                     continue
                 for value in str(entry.get("md5") or "").split(","):
                     value = value.strip().lower()
diff --git a/tests/test_romset_recipes.py b/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
index 769345f22..7abee737a 100644
--- a/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
+++ b/tests/test_romset_recipes.py
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ class ReportsOverAFixture(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(report["unreproducible"]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(report["unreproducible"][0]["recipes_tried"], ["v1"])
 
+    def test_a_composite_md5_is_no_container_target(self):
+        """Recalbox hashes a ZIP by its members: its md5 names no archive bytes."""
+        platforms = self.root / "platforms"
+        platforms.mkdir()
+        (platforms / "_registry.yml").write_text(
+            "platforms:\n  demo:\n    config: demo.yml\n    zip_digest: composite\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        (platforms / "demo.yml").write_text(
+            "platform: Demo\nsystems:\n  arcade:\n    files:\n"
+            "      - name: set.zip\n        destination: set.zip\n"
+            f"        md5: {'f' * 32}\n",
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        self.db["indexes"]["by_md5"] = {}
+
+        report = missing_report(self.recipes, self.pool, self.db, str(platforms))
+        self.assertEqual(report, {"constructible": [], "unreproducible": [], "no_recipe": []})
+
 
 DAT = """<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <datafile>