diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20210324.2-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20210324.2-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
index 02f2ee7dc254..e68cf117046c 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20210324.2-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20210324.2-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.21.1'),
 ]
 
-configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+build_shared_libs = True
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['lib/libabsl_base.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
index ae09e8b085b8..48b976f08415 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-11.3.0.eb
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.24.3'),
 ]
 
-configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+build_shared_libs = True
+configopts = '-DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['lib/libabsl_base.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb
index ac3526452edc..bb35f74269d4 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.2-GCCcore-12.2.0.eb
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.24.3'),
 ]
 
-configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+build_shared_libs = True
+configopts = '-DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['lib/libabsl_base.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.3-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.3-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
index b76e53de45bd..c50c396f8011 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.3-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/Abseil/Abseil-20230125.3-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('CMake', '3.26.3'),
 ]
 
-configopts = '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON '
+build_shared_libs = True
+configopts = '-DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON '
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['lib/libabsl_base.%s' % SHLIB_EXT],