diff --git a/client/meson.build b/client/meson.build
index 0308dc2..1f80046 100644
--- a/client/meson.build
+++ b/client/meson.build
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ client_deps = [
 symbol_map = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'symbol.map')
 ldflags = cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(symbol_map))
 
-libdconf = shared_library(
+libdconf = static_library(
   'dconf',
   sources: sources,
-  version: libversion,
-  soversion: soversion,
+  #version: libversion,
+  #soversion: soversion,
   include_directories: top_inc,
   dependencies: client_deps,
   c_args: dconf_c_args,
diff --git a/gsettings/meson.build b/gsettings/meson.build
index 9463453..1233d6a 100644
--- a/gsettings/meson.build
+++ b/gsettings/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ backend_deps = [
 symbol_map = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'symbol.map')
 ldflags = cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--version-script,@0@'.format(symbol_map))
 
-libdconf_settings = shared_library(
+libdconf_settings = static_library(
   'dconfsettings',
   sources: 'dconfsettingsbackend.c',
   include_directories: top_inc,
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 19f693a..81967a6 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@ endforeach
 
 symbol_test = find_program('abicheck.sh')
 
-abi_tests = [
-  ['gsettings', libdconf_settings, files('../gsettings/symbols.txt')[0]],
-  ['libdconf', libdconf, files('../client/symbols.txt')[0]],
-]
+#abi_tests = [
+  #['gsettings', libdconf_settings, files('../gsettings/symbols.txt')[0]],
+  #['libdconf', libdconf, files('../client/symbols.txt')[0]],
+#]
 
-foreach abi_test: abi_tests
-  test(
-    abi_test[0],
-    symbol_test,
-    env: envs,
-    args: [abi_test[1].full_path(), abi_test[2]],
-  )
-endforeach
+#foreach abi_test: abi_tests
+  #test(
+    #abi_test[0],
+    #symbol_test,
+    #env: envs,
+    #args: [abi_test[1].full_path(), abi_test[2]],
+  #)
+#endforeach
 
 
 python3 = find_program('python3', required: false)