diff --git a/phase1/libstdcpp.sh b/phase1/libstdcpp.sh
index 5ffb330..e161c2e 100644
--- a/phase1/libstdcpp.sh
+++ b/phase1/libstdcpp.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ cd build
     --disable-multilib              \
     --disable-nls                   \
     --disable-libstdcxx-pch         \
-    --with-gxx-include-dir=/tools/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/11.2.0
+    --with-gxx-include-dir=/tools/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/12.2.0
 
 make
 make DESTDIR=$LFS install
 
+rm -v $LFS/usr/lib/lib{stdc++,stdc++fs,supc++}.la
+
diff --git a/phase1/linux_headers.sh b/phase1/linux_headers.sh
index 3434ff6..9c87a08 100644
--- a/phase1/linux_headers.sh
+++ b/phase1/linux_headers.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ make mrproper
 make headers
 
 find usr/include -type f ! -name '*.h' -delete
-cp -r usr/include $LFS/usr
+cp -rv usr/include $LFS/usr
 
diff --git a/phase2/binutils.sh b/phase2/binutils.sh
index b5235af..1110cbe 100644
--- a/phase2/binutils.sh
+++ b/phase2/binutils.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ cd build
     --host=$LFS_TGT            \
     --disable-nls              \
     --enable-shared            \
+    --enable-gprofng=no        \
     --disable-werror           \
     --enable-64-bit-bfd
 
 make
 make DESTDIR=$LFS install
 
+rm $LFS/usr/lib/lib{bfd,ctf,ctf-nobfd,opcodes}.{a,la}
+
diff --git a/phase2/file.sh b/phase2/file.sh
index 94e8e99..32d7ea6 100644
--- a/phase2/file.sh
+++ b/phase2/file.sh
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ popd
 make FILE_COMPILE=$(pwd)/build/src/file
 make DESTDIR=$LFS install
 
+rm $LFS/usr/lib/libmagic.la
+
diff --git a/phase2/gcc.sh b/phase2/gcc.sh
index dfd11f8..9e98980 100644
--- a/phase2/gcc.sh
+++ b/phase2/gcc.sh
@@ -18,17 +18,18 @@ case $(uname -m) in
   ;;
 esac
 
+sed '/thread_header =/s/@.*@/gthr-posix.h/' \
+    -i libgcc/Makefile.in libstdc++-v3/include/Makefile.in
+
 mkdir build
 cd build
 
-mkdir -p $LFS_TGT/libgcc
-ln -s ../../../libgcc/gthr-posix.h $LFS_TGT/libgcc/gthr-default.h
-
 ../configure                                       \
     --build=$(../config.guess)                     \
     --host=$LFS_TGT                                \
+    --target=$LFS_TGT                              \
+    LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=-L$PWD/$LFS_TGT/libgcc      \
     --prefix=/usr                                  \
-    CC_FOR_TARGET=$LFS_TGT-gcc                     \
     --with-build-sysroot=$LFS                      \
     --enable-initfini-array                        \
     --disable-nls                                  \
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ ln -s ../../../libgcc/gthr-posix.h $LFS_TGT/libgcc/gthr-default.h
     --disable-libquadmath                          \
     --disable-libssp                               \
     --disable-libvtv                               \
-    --disable-libstdcxx                            \
     --enable-languages=c,c++
 
 make
diff --git a/phase2/ncurses.sh b/phase2/ncurses.sh
index 604eeff..1eb1ff9 100644
--- a/phase2/ncurses.sh
+++ b/phase2/ncurses.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ popd
             --mandir=/usr/share/man      \
             --with-manpage-format=normal \
             --with-shared                \
+            --without-normal             \
+            --with-cxx-shared            \
             --without-debug              \
             --without-ada                \
-            --without-normal             \
             --disable-stripping          \
             --enable-widec
 
diff --git a/phase2/xz.sh b/phase2/xz.sh
index 5dc5b30..927d3a6 100644
--- a/phase2/xz.sh
+++ b/phase2/xz.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
             --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
             --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
             --disable-static                  \
-            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-5.2.5
+            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-5.2.6
 
 make
 make DESTDIR=$LFS install
 
+rm $LFS/usr/lib/liblzma.la
+