diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
index f724c2e0acf1..0813a965524b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/abseil-cpp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, static ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "abseil-cpp";
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17"
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
index 8883761c5d19..5cdd9886690a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/grpc/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, zlib, c-ares, pkg-config, re2, openssl, protobuf
-, gflags, libnsl
+, gflags, abseil-cpp, libnsl
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ c-ares re2 zlib ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ c-ares re2 zlib abseil-cpp ];
   buildInputs = [ c-ares.cmake-config openssl protobuf gflags ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libnsl ];
 
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "-DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER=package"
       "-DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package"
       "-DgRPC_GFLAGS_PROVIDER=package"
+      "-DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package"
       "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
       "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF"
+      "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17"
     ];
 
   # CMake creates a build directory by default, this conflicts with the
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-mozc.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-mozc.nix
index 08f43b87cfe2..d077b0a25c59 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-mozc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/fcitx5-mozc.nix
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@ let
     rev = "e5b3425575734c323e1d947009dd74709437b684";
     sha256 = "0pyrpz9c8nxccwpgyr36w314mi8h132cis8ijvlqmmhqxwsi30hm";
   };
-  # abseil-cpp in nixpkgs is too old
-  abseil-cpp_2020923 = abseil-cpp.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
-    version = "20200923.2";
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "abseil";
-      repo = "abseil-cpp";
-      rev = version;
-      sha256 = "G+wkaC4IPtyc/xCUyVFJOcHppPFU7KkhIHjv6uhVKGU=";
-    };
-    cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17" "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
-  });
   zipcode_rel = "202011";
   jigyosyo = fetchurl {
     url = "https://osdn.net/projects/ponsfoot-aur/storage/mozc/jigyosyo-${zipcode_rel}.zip";
@@ -44,7 +33,7 @@ in clangStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ gyp ninja mesa python pkg-config qt5.wrapQtAppsHook six which unzip ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ protobuf zinnia qt5.qtbase fcitx5 abseil-cpp_2020923 jsoncpp gtest gtk2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ protobuf zinnia qt5.qtbase fcitx5 abseil-cpp jsoncpp gtest gtk2 ];
 
   patches = [
     # Support linking system abseil-cpp
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fbd03d2edf3a..d6dc37742067 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28422,7 +28422,9 @@ in
 
   osi = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/osi { };
 
-  or-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/or-tools { };
+  or-tools = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/or-tools {
+    abseil-cpp = abseil-cpp.override { static = true; };
+  };
 
   rubiks = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/rubiks { };