diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b0abbfa..00000000
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER cc)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER c++)
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 751d1a9e..00000000
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-[source]
-same_as = "../llvm18"
-
-[build]
-template = "custom"
-dependencies = [
-    "zlib"
-]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-
-cat > CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake <<EOF
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT})
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TARGET}-gcc)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TARGET}-g++)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
-set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
-set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_USES_PATH_WHEN_NO_SONAME 1)
-EOF
-
-export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
-
-COOKBOOK_MAKE="ninja"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -GNinja
-    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake
-    -DCMAKE_AR="$(which "${TARGET}-ar")"
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--std=gnu++11"
-    -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(which "${TARGET}-ranlib")"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR="include"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_OLDINCLUDEDIR="/include"
-    -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=On
-    -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(realpath "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/native.cmake")"
-    -DLLVM_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=Off
-    -DLLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES=Off
-    -DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=Off
-    -DLLVM_BUILD_UTILS=Off
-    -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE="${TARGET}"
-    -DLLVM_ENABLE_LTO=Off
-    -DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=On
-    -DLLVM_ENABLE_THREADS=On
-    -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZSTD=Off
-    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=Off
-    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=Off
-    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
-    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=Off
-    -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
-    -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 # TODO: get from TARGET
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_COV_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_LTO_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_LTO2_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_PROFDATA_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_RTDYLD_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_XRAY_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLI_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOL_LTO_BUILD=Off
-    -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
-    -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
-    -DUNIX=1
-    -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="llvm"
-    -Wno-dev
-    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/llvm"
-)
-set -x
-cmake "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
-ninja -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
-DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" ninja install -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
-mv -vT "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/include "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/include"
-mv -vT "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/share"
-rmdir -v "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr
-set +x
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18/native.cmake b/recipes/dev/llvm18/native.cmake
index f1dd492f..4b0abbfa 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm18/native.cmake
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm18/native.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER cc)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER c++)
-set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS)
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
index 841f8474..7b34605e 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm18/recipe.toml
@@ -9,18 +9,35 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib"
 ]
 script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+cat > CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake <<EOF
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT})
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TARGET}-gcc)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TARGET}-g++)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
+set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_USES_PATH_WHEN_NO_SONAME 1)
+EOF
+
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
+
+COOKBOOK_MAKE="ninja"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    -GNinja
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake
     -DCMAKE_AR="$(which "${TARGET}-ar")"
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
     -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--std=gnu++11"
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
     -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(which "${TARGET}-ranlib")"
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr"
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR="include"
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_OLDINCLUDEDIR="/include"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
+    -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=On
     -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(realpath "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/native.cmake")"
     -DLLVM_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=Off
     -DLLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES=Off
@@ -35,6 +52,7 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=Off
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
     -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=Off
+    -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
     -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
     -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 # TODO: get from TARGET
     -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_COV_BUILD=Off
@@ -47,19 +65,14 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DLLVM_TOOL_LTO_BUILD=Off
     -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
     -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
-    -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE="/usr/bin/python2"
     -DUNIX=1
-    -DZLIB_LIBRARY=-lz
-    -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include"
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="llvm"
     -Wno-dev
+    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/llvm"
 )
-LLVM_TABLEGEN="$(which llvm-tblgen-18 || true)"
-if [ -n "${LLVM_TABLEGEN}" ]
-then
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(-DLLVM_TABLEGEN="${LLVM_TABLEGEN}")
-fi
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=("${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/llvm")
 set -x
-cookbook_configure
+cmake "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
+ninja -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" ninja install -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
 set +x
 """
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
index e01d0248..71cbe250 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rust.git
 BRANCH=redox-2024-05-11
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(llvm18-shared zlib)
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(llvm18 zlib)
 DEPENDS="gcc13 cargo"
 PREPARE_COPY=0
 
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-demos-x11/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-demos-x11/recipe.toml
index 2c997da4..e7512cdf 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-demos-x11/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-demos-x11/recipe.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxcb",
     "libxext",
     "libxxf86vm",
-    "llvm18-shared",
+    "llvm18",
     "mesa-x11",
     "mesa-glu-x11",
     "x11proto",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-x11/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-x11/recipe.toml
index dbb39f3a..fceb29d9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-x11/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/x11/mesa-x11/recipe.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxext",
     "libxfixes",
     "libxxf86vm",
-    "llvm18-shared",
+    "llvm18",
     "x11proto",
     "zlib",
 ]