diff --git a/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py b/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
index 12992605b9a..677eda4b80f 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ ELF_ALLOWED_LIBRARIES = {
 'libxcb-icccm.so.4',
 'libxcb-image.so.0',
 'libxcb-shm.so.0',
-'libxcb-keysyms.so.1',
 'libxcb-randr.so.0',
 'libxcb-render.so.0',
 'libxcb-shape.so.0',
diff --git a/depends/packages/libxcb_util_keysyms.mk b/depends/packages/libxcb_util_keysyms.mk
index 56bc33d258d..12e779040bb 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libxcb_util_keysyms.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libxcb_util_keysyms.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=0807cf078fbe38489a41d755095c58239e1b67299f14460dec2ec811e
 $(package)_dependencies=libxcb xproto
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-static --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
 endef