diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/bin/deployment_config_generator.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/bin/deployment_config_generator.rs
index ce27dea97ce..60b94a114fe 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/bin/deployment_config_generator.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/bin/deployment_config_generator.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use apollo_deployments::jsonnet_generation::{
+    eval_build_service_with_overrides,
     eval_build_with_overrides,
     overrides_from_sequencer_config,
     service_config_to_preset,
@@ -57,21 +58,26 @@ fn main() {
         .expect("Couldn't set working dir.");
 
     let overrides = overrides_from_sequencer_config(&flat_overrides);
-    let service_configs = eval_build_with_overrides(&args.layout, &overrides);
-    let services = service_configs.as_object().expect("build result is a service-keyed object");
 
     let output = match &args.service {
-        Some(service) => service_config_to_preset(
-            services
-                .get(service)
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("layout '{}' has no service '{service}'", args.layout)),
-        ),
-        None => Value::Object(
-            services
-                .iter()
-                .map(|(name, config)| (name.clone(), service_config_to_preset(config)))
-                .collect(),
-        ),
+        // Build only the requested service: a per-service deploy supplies just that service's
+        // overrides, so the other services' (absent) override keys must never be forced.
+        Some(service) => {
+            let service_config =
+                eval_build_service_with_overrides(&args.layout, &overrides, service);
+            service_config_to_preset(&service_config)
+        }
+        None => {
+            let service_configs = eval_build_with_overrides(&args.layout, &overrides);
+            let services =
+                service_configs.as_object().expect("build result is a service-keyed object");
+            Value::Object(
+                services
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(name, config)| (name.clone(), service_config_to_preset(config)))
+                    .collect(),
+            )
+        }
     };
 
     println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&output).expect("config is serializable"));
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs
index 312d58103e5..42a43291c44 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_generation.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,16 @@ pub(crate) fn jsonnet_state() -> State {
 /// Evaluates `build(layout, overrides)`.
 pub fn eval_build_with_overrides(layout: &str, overrides: &Value) -> Value {
     let overrides_literal = serde_json::to_string(overrides).expect("overrides is serializable");
-    eval_build_with_expr(layout, &overrides_literal)
+    eval_build_with_expr(layout, &overrides_literal, None)
+}
+
+/// Evaluates only `build(layout, overrides)[service]`, so jsonnet forces just that one service's
+/// config. A per-service deploy supplies only the keys its own components reference (e.g. the
+/// gateway service's overrides carry no `committer_config`), and building just that service means
+/// the other services' overrides are never accessed — building the whole map would force them all.
+pub fn eval_build_service_with_overrides(layout: &str, overrides: &Value, service: &str) -> Value {
+    let overrides_literal = serde_json::to_string(overrides).expect("overrides is serializable");
+    eval_build_with_expr(layout, &overrides_literal, Some(service))
 }
 
 /// Renders one service's nested `build` output in the node-loadable flat dotted dump/preset format
@@ -93,12 +102,22 @@ pub fn eval_overrides_file(overrides_path: &str) -> Value {
 
 /// Evaluates `build(layout, <overrides_expr>)`, where `overrides_expr` is a jsonnet expression for
 /// the overrides (a file `import` or an inlined JSON literal).
-pub(crate) fn eval_build_with_expr(layout: &str, overrides_expr: &str) -> Value {
+pub(crate) fn eval_build_with_expr(
+    layout: &str,
+    overrides_expr: &str,
+    service: Option<&str>,
+) -> Value {
     let state = jsonnet_state();
     let _guard = state.enter();
     let layout_literal = serde_json::to_string(layout).expect("layout is serializable");
+    let index = match service {
+        Some(service) => {
+            format!("[{}]", serde_json::to_string(service).expect("service is serializable"))
+        }
+        None => String::new(),
+    };
     let snippet =
-        format!("(import 'lib/build.libsonnet').build({layout_literal}, {overrides_expr})");
+        format!("(import 'lib/build.libsonnet').build({layout_literal}, {overrides_expr}){index}");
     let val = state
         .evaluate_snippet("build_entry.jsonnet", snippet)
         .expect("build.libsonnet failed to evaluate");
diff --git a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
index 6dbcc0cb759..283ab1d682c 100644
--- a/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo_deployments/src/jsonnet_test.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ where
 }
 
 fn eval_test_build(layout: &str) -> Value {
-    eval_build_with_expr(layout, "import 'testing/overrides.libsonnet'")
+    eval_build_with_expr(layout, "import 'testing/overrides.libsonnet'", None)
 }
 
 /// Flattens a nested JSON object into a map from dot-separated leaf path to value. Non-empty