diff --git a/conda/recipes/libraft/build_libraft_tests.sh b/conda/recipes/libraft/build_libraft_tests.sh
index 6f68a50f91..799d16ed75 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libraft/build_libraft_tests.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/libraft/build_libraft_tests.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
-./build.sh tests bench-prims --allgpuarch --compile-lib --no-nvtx --build-metrics=tests_bench_prims --incl-cache-stats
+./build.sh tests bench-prims --allgpuarch --no-nvtx --build-metrics=tests_bench_prims --incl-cache-stats
 cmake --install cpp/build --component testing
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
index 4559173e2e..55f326dc53 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libraft/meta.yaml
@@ -280,7 +280,11 @@ outputs:
         - ninja
         - sysroot_{{ target_platform }} {{ sysroot_version }}
       host:
+        # We must include both libraft and libraft-static to prevent the test
+        # builds from packaging those libraries. However, tests only depend on
+        # the shared library in libraft.
         - {{ pin_subpackage('libraft', exact=True) }}
+        - {{ pin_subpackage('libraft-static', exact=True) }}
         - cuda-version ={{ cuda_version }}
         {% if cuda_major == "11" %}
         - cuda-profiler-api {{ cuda11_cuda_profiler_api_run_version }}