diff --git a/changes/28.0.0-beta.2.md b/changes/28.0.0-beta.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..839fac685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/28.0.0-beta.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix broken TTCs in beta.1 (#2108).
diff --git a/verdafile.mjs b/verdafile.mjs
index 2ad5e2166..417eabc4c 100644
--- a/verdafile.mjs
+++ b/verdafile.mjs
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const DistUnhintedTTF = file.make(
 			// The font is a spacing variant, and is derivable form an existing
 			// normally-spaced variant.
 
-			const noGcTtfPath = file.getPathOf(BuildNoGcTtfImpl(gr, fn));
+			const noGcTtfPath = file.getPathOf(BuildNoGcUnhintedTtfImpl(gr, fn));
 
 			const spD = fi.spacingDerive;
 			const [deriveFrom] = await target.need(
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ const BuildTtfaControls = file.make(
 		await target.need(DistUnhintedTTF(gr, f));
 	}
 );
+const BuildNoGcUnhintedTtfImpl = file.make(
+	(gr, f) => `${BUILD}/TTF/${gr}/${f}.no-gc.ttf`,
+	async (target, output, gr, f) => {
+		await target.need(DistUnhintedTTF(gr, f));
+	}
+);
 const BuildNoGcTtfImpl = file.make(
 	(gr, f) => `${BUILD}/TTF/${gr}/${f}.no-gc.hinted.ttf`,
 	async (target, output, gr, f) => {