diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index 136aa419..98dfc16e 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ fi
 # see https://github.com/conda-forge/jaxlib-feedstock/issues/89
 #
 # Thus: don't add com_google_protobuf here.
-# FIXME: Current global abseil pin is too old for jaxlib, readd com_google_absl once we are on a newer version.
-export TF_SYSTEM_LIBS="boringssl,com_github_googlecloudplatform_google_cloud_cpp,com_github_grpc_grpc,flatbuffers,zlib"
+export TF_SYSTEM_LIBS="boringssl,com_google_absl,com_github_googlecloudplatform_google_cloud_cpp,com_github_grpc_grpc,flatbuffers,zlib"
 
 if [[ "${target_platform}" == "osx-arm64" || "${target_platform}" != "${build_platform}" ]]; then
     EXTRA="--target_cpu ${TARGET_CPU}"