diff --git a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
index cc93f0ad..293e8cb9 100755
--- a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
+++ b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sed "${sed_args[@]}" "s|/tools/host|${TOOLS_PATH}/host|g" ${TOOLS_PATH}/host/sha
 # We force linking of external static libraries by removing the shared
 # libraries. This is hacky. But we're building in a temporary container
 # and it gets the job done.
-find ${TOOLS_PATH}/deps -name '*.so*' -exec rm {} \;
+find ${TOOLS_PATH}/deps -name '*.so*' -a \! \( -name 'libtcl*.so*' -or -name 'libtk*.so*' \) -exec rm {} \;
 
 tar -xf Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tar.xz
 
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ if [ -d "${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/lib/tcl8" ]; then
 
     if [[ "${PYBUILD_PLATFORM}" != macos* ]]; then
         cp -av ${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/lib/Tix8.4.3 ${ROOT}/out/python/install/lib/
+        cp -av ${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/lib/lib*.so ${ROOT}/out/python/install/lib/
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/cpython-unix/build-tcl.sh b/cpython-unix/build-tcl.sh
index 43a4a6ad..ef9d9ddc 100755
--- a/cpython-unix/build-tcl.sh
+++ b/cpython-unix/build-tcl.sh
@@ -22,21 +22,6 @@ if [ -n "${STATIC}" ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
-patch -p1 << 'EOF'
-diff --git a/unix/Makefile.in b/unix/Makefile.in
---- a/unix/Makefile.in
-+++ b/unix/Makefile.in
-@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ configure-packages:
- 			  $$i/configure --with-tcl=../.. \
- 			      --with-tclinclude=$(GENERIC_DIR) \
- 			      $(PKG_CFG_ARGS) --libdir=$(PACKAGE_DIR) \
--			      --enable-shared --enable-threads; ) || exit $$?; \
-+			      --enable-shared=no --enable-threads; ) || exit $$?; \
- 		    fi; \
- 		fi; \
- 	    fi; \
-EOF
-
 # Remove packages we don't care about and can pull in unwanted symbols.
 rm -rf pkgs/sqlite* pkgs/tdbc*
 
@@ -48,12 +33,9 @@ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CPPFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${EXTRA_TARGET_LDFLAGS}" ./conf
     --build=${BUILD_TRIPLE} \
     --host=${TARGET_TRIPLE} \
     --prefix=/tools/deps \
-    --enable-shared=no \
+    --enable-shared \
     --enable-threads
 
 make -j ${NUM_CPUS}
 make -j ${NUM_CPUS} install DESTDIR=${ROOT}/out
 make -j ${NUM_CPUS} install-private-headers DESTDIR=${ROOT}/out
-
-# For some reason libtcl*.a have weird permissions. Fix that.
-chmod 644 ${ROOT}/out/tools/deps/lib/libtcl*.a
diff --git a/cpython-unix/build-tk.sh b/cpython-unix/build-tk.sh
index 2769a631..aa7a5b67 100755
--- a/cpython-unix/build-tk.sh
+++ b/cpython-unix/build-tk.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CPPFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" ./configure \
     --host=${TARGET_TRIPLE} \
     --prefix=/tools/deps \
     --with-tcl=${TOOLS_PATH}/deps/lib \
-    --enable-shared=no \
+    --enable-shared \
     --enable-threads \
     ${EXTRA_CONFIGURE_FLAGS}
 
@@ -53,7 +53,4 @@ touch wish
 make -j ${NUM_CPUS} install DESTDIR=${ROOT}/out
 make -j ${NUM_CPUS} install-private-headers DESTDIR=${ROOT}/out
 
-# For some reason libtk*.a have weird permissions. Fix that.
-chmod 644 /${ROOT}/out/tools/deps/lib/libtk*.a
-
 rm ${ROOT}/out/tools/deps/bin/wish*
diff --git a/cpython-unix/extension-modules.yml b/cpython-unix/extension-modules.yml
index 4b834563..7498b949 100644
--- a/cpython-unix/extension-modules.yml
+++ b/cpython-unix/extension-modules.yml
@@ -676,40 +676,11 @@ _tkinter:
     - WITH_APPINIT
   includes-deps:
     - include/X11
+  build-mode: shared
   links:
     - tcl8.6
     - tk8.6
 
-  # Without -ObjC, we get a crash: -[TKApplication tkProcessEvent:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance.
-  # See also https://core.tcl-lang.org/tk/tktview/85f316beb15108ac43b03fa6c8608e31f3ae5f92.
-  # This is apparently an issue with static linking Objective-C binaries.
-  linker-args:
-    - args: ["-ObjC"]
-      targets:
-        - .*-apple-darwin
-  links-conditional:
-    - name: X11
-      targets:
-        - .*-unknown-linux-.*
-    - name: xcb
-      targets:
-        - .*-unknown-linux-.*
-    - name: Xau
-      targets:
-        - .*-unknown-linux-.*
-  # Many of these are dependencies of libtcl and libtk.
-  frameworks:
-    - AppKit
-    - ApplicationServices
-    - Carbon
-    - Cocoa
-    - CoreFoundation
-    - CoreServices
-    - CoreGraphics
-    - IOKit
-    - QuartzCore
-    - UniformTypeIdentifiers
-
 _tokenize:
   minimum-python-version: "3.11"
   config-c-only: true
diff --git a/src/validation.rs b/src/validation.rs
index 5ab71708..42000334 100644
--- a/src/validation.rs
+++ b/src/validation.rs
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ const GLOBAL_EXTENSIONS_WINDOWS_PRE_3_13: &[&str] = &["_msi"];
 const GLOBAL_EXTENSIONS_WINDOWS_NO_STATIC: &[&str] = &["_testinternalcapi", "_tkinter"];
 
 /// Extension modules that should be built as shared libraries.
-const SHARED_LIBRARY_EXTENSIONS: &[&str] = &["_crypt"];
+const SHARED_LIBRARY_EXTENSIONS: &[&str] = &["_crypt", "_tkinter"];
 
 const PYTHON_VERIFICATIONS: &str = include_str!("verify_distribution.py");