diff --git a/steps-guix/gnutls-3.8.12/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/gnutls-3.8.12/pass1.sh
index a026d60a..f525f586 100644
--- a/steps-guix/gnutls-3.8.12/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/gnutls-3.8.12/pass1.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ src_configure() {
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
         --enable-static \
-        --enable-shared \
+        --disable-shared \
         --disable-doc \
         --disable-tests \
         --disable-tools \
diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/pass1.sh
index dddfd456..a707dfaa 100644
--- a/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/pass1.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-    local host_triplet pkg_config_path guile_cflags guile_static_libs gnutls_static_libs gnutls_link_flags
+    local host_triplet pkg_config_path guile_cflags guile_static_libs gnutls_static_libs
     host_triplet="$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
     pkg_config_path="${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig:${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:${PREFIX}/share/pkgconfig"
     guile_cflags="$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
@@ -15,55 +15,109 @@ src_configure() {
         /usr/bin/pkg-config --static --libs guile-3.0)"
     gnutls_static_libs="$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
         /usr/bin/pkg-config --static --libs gnutls)"
-    gnutls_link_flags="-Wl,-Bstatic ${gnutls_static_libs} -Wl,-Bdynamic"
 
     PATH="${PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" \
     PKG_CONFIG="/usr/bin/pkg-config" \
     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" \
     PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
+    CFLAGS="-fPIC" \
+    CXXFLAGS="-fPIC" \
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LIBDIR}:${PREFIX}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" \
     GUILE_CFLAGS="${guile_cflags}" \
     GUILE_LIBS="${guile_static_libs}" \
-    GNUTLS_LIBS="${gnutls_link_flags}" \
+    GNUTLS_LIBS="${gnutls_static_libs}" \
     ./configure \
         --prefix="${PREFIX}" \
         --libdir="${LIBDIR}" \
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
-        --disable-static \
-        --enable-shared \
+        --enable-static \
+        --disable-shared \
         '--with-guile-site-dir=$(datarootdir)/guile/site/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)' \
         '--with-guile-site-ccache-dir=$(libdir)/guile/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)/site-ccache' \
         '--with-guile-extension-dir=$(libdir)/guile/$(GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION)/extensions'
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-    default_src_compile
+    local pkg_config_path guile_cflags guile_static_libs gnutls_static_libs
+    local main_c
+
+    pkg_config_path="${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig:${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:${PREFIX}/share/pkgconfig"
+    guile_cflags="$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
+        /usr/bin/pkg-config --cflags guile-3.0)"
+    guile_static_libs="$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
+        /usr/bin/pkg-config --static --libs guile-3.0)"
+    gnutls_static_libs="$(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="${pkg_config_path}" PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${pkg_config_path}" \
+        /usr/bin/pkg-config --static --libs gnutls)"
+
+    make "${MAKEJOBS}" -C guile/src built-sources
+    make "${MAKEJOBS}" -C guile/src core.lo errors.lo utils.lo
+    make "${MAKEJOBS}" -C guile modules/gnutls.scm GNUTLS_GUILE_CROSS_COMPILING=yes
+
+    mkdir -p static
+    ar rcs static/libguile-gnutls-static.a \
+        guile/src/.libs/core.o \
+        guile/src/.libs/errors.o \
+        guile/src/.libs/utils.o
+
+    main_c="static/guile-static-main.c"
+    cat > "${main_c}" <<'EOF_C'
+#include <libguile.h>
+
+void scm_init_gnutls(void);
+
+static void
+inner_main(void *closure, int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  (void) closure;
+  scm_init_gnutls();
+  scm_shell(argc, argv);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  scm_boot_guile(argc, argv, inner_main, NULL);
+  return 0;
+}
+EOF_C
+
+    gcc -O2 -static ${guile_cflags} \
+        -o static/guile \
+        "${main_c}" \
+        static/libguile-gnutls-static.a \
+        ${guile_static_libs} \
+        ${gnutls_static_libs}
 }
 
 src_install() {
-    default_src_install
+    install -Dm755 static/guile "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/guile"
+    install -Dm644 guile/modules/gnutls.scm \
+        "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/guile/site/3.0/gnutls.scm"
+    install -Dm644 guile/modules/gnutls/extra.scm \
+        "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/guile/site/3.0/gnutls/extra.scm"
+    install -Dm644 static/libguile-gnutls-static.a \
+        "${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/libguile-gnutls-static.a"
 }
 
 src_postprocess() {
-    local module_path
+    local guile_site_path guile_site_ccache guile_core_ccache
 
     default_src_postprocess
 
-    module_path="$(find "${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/guile" -type f -name 'guile-gnutls-v-2.so' | head -n1)"
-    if [ -z "${module_path}" ] || [ ! -f "${module_path}" ]; then
-        echo "guile-gnutls: extension module not found after install." >&2
+    if find "${DESTDIR}" -type f \( -name '*.so' -o -name '*.so.*' \) | grep -q .; then
+        echo "guile-gnutls: shared objects are forbidden in static profile." >&2
         false
     fi
 
-    if command -v readelf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        if readelf -d "${module_path}" | grep -q 'NEEDED.*libguile'; then
-            echo "guile-gnutls: extension must not link libguile directly." >&2
-            false
-        fi
-        if readelf -d "${module_path}" | grep -q 'NEEDED.*libgnutls'; then
-            echo "guile-gnutls: extension must link gnutls stack statically." >&2
-            false
-        fi
-    fi
+    guile_site_path="${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/guile/site/3.0:${PREFIX}/share/guile/site/3.0:${PREFIX}/share/guile/3.0"
+    guile_site_ccache="${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/guile/3.0/site-ccache:${LIBDIR}/guile/3.0/site-ccache"
+    guile_core_ccache="${LIBDIR}/guile/3.0/ccache"
+
+    PATH="${PREFIX}/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" \
+    GUILE_LOAD_PATH="${guile_site_path}" \
+    GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="${guile_site_ccache}:${guile_core_ccache}" \
+    GUILE_SYSTEM_PATH="${guile_site_path}" \
+    GUILE_SYSTEM_COMPILED_PATH="${guile_site_ccache}:${guile_core_ccache}" \
+    "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/guile" -c '(use-modules (gnutls)) (display "gnutls-module-ok\n")'
 }
diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/module-link-static-gnutls-no-libguile.patch b/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/module-link-static-gnutls-no-libguile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 622f2940..00000000
--- a/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/module-link-static-gnutls-no-libguile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-Keep the Guile extension model while avoiding a second libguile copy inside
-the extension module.
-
-When Guile itself is built without shared libguile, linking the extension
-against libguile can embed another runtime copy and lead to crashes. Rely on
-symbols from the hosting Guile process instead.
-
---- guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/guile/src/Makefile.am
-+++ guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/guile/src/Makefile.am
-@@ -40,14 +40,13 @@
- # Use '-module' to build a "dlopenable module", in Libtool terms.
- # Use '-undefined' to placate Libtool on Windows; see
- # <https://lists.gnutls.org/pipermail/gnutls-devel/2014-December/007294.html>.
--guile_gnutls_v_2_la_LDFLAGS = -module -no-undefined
-+guile_gnutls_v_2_la_LDFLAGS = -module
- 
- guile_gnutls_v_2_la_SOURCES = core.c errors.c utils.c
- guile_gnutls_v_2_la_CFLAGS =			\
-   $(AM_CFLAGS) $(GNULIB_CFLAGS) $(GUILE_CFLAGS) $(GNUTLS_CFLAGS)
- guile_gnutls_v_2_la_LIBADD = \
--	$(GNUTLS_LIBS) \
--	$(GUILE_LDFLAGS)
-+	$(GNUTLS_LIBS)
- 
- AM_CPPFLAGS = \
- 	-I$(top_srcdir)/lib/includes \
diff --git a/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/static-init-from-main-program.patch b/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/static-init-from-main-program.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4c9e5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps-guix/guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/patches/static-init-from-main-program.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+In static bootstrap profile, initialize bindings from symbols linked into the
+main Guile executable rather than loading a shared extension object.
+
+--- guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/guile/modules/gnutls.in
++++ guile-gnutls-v5.0.1/guile/modules/gnutls.in
+@@ -817,11 +817,9 @@
+         ;; save 'extensiondir' only if it's different from what Guile expects.
+         @maybe_guileextensiondir@))
+ 
+-  (unless (getenv "GNUTLS_GUILE_CROSS_COMPILING")
+-    (load-extension (if %libdir
+-                        (string-append %libdir "/guile-gnutls-v-2")
+-                        "guile-gnutls-v-2")
+-                    "scm_init_gnutls")))
++  (unless (getenv "GNUTLS_GUILE_CROSS_COMPILING")
++    (dynamic-call "scm_init_gnutls"
++                  (dynamic-link #f))))
+ 
+ (define-syntax define-deprecated
+   (lambda (s)
diff --git a/steps-guix/libtasn1-v4.21.0/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/libtasn1-v4.21.0/pass1.sh
index 8d38aa08..74e52112 100644
--- a/steps-guix/libtasn1-v4.21.0/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/libtasn1-v4.21.0/pass1.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ src_configure() {
         --prefix="${PREFIX}" \
         --libdir="${LIBDIR}" \
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
-        --build="${host_triplet}"
+        --build="${host_triplet}" \
+        --enable-static \
+        --disable-shared
 }
 
 src_compile() {
diff --git a/steps-guix/nettle-3.10.2/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/nettle-3.10.2/pass1.sh
index bfdf902a..40f5d71e 100644
--- a/steps-guix/nettle-3.10.2/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/nettle-3.10.2/pass1.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ src_configure() {
         --libdir="${LIBDIR}" \
         --host="${host_triplet}" \
         --build="${host_triplet}" \
+        --enable-static \
+        --disable-shared \
         --disable-documentation
 }