diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/manifest.json b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/manifest.json
index adb19437139a..022680c991ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/manifest.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/manifest.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "version": "8.15",
+  "version": "8.16",
   "full": {
-    "filename": "racket-8.15-src.tgz",
-    "sha256": "602b848459daf1b2222a46a9094e85ae2d28e480067219957fa46af8400e1233"
+    "filename": "racket-8.16-src.tgz",
+    "sha256": "b233a968f4a561f7b005ce06f2c4c29428562f308c1a04d28e2e2286f6b945c3"
   },
   "minimal": {
-    "filename": "racket-minimal-8.15-src.tgz",
-    "sha256": "1ac132c56bc52312049fa4f0849237f66713e8e0a7ab6c4780504633ee8f1dc3"
+    "filename": "racket-minimal-8.16-src.tgz",
+    "sha256": "4e727db75574ab11d6bec7af5e5d72a084fa7f662e200c35d5bc200772f5ce96"
   }
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
index 60e33859afee..775cd155366e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 let
   manifest = lib.importJSON ./manifest.json;
 
-  inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin isStatic;
+  inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) isDarwin;
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -69,13 +69,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   configureFlags =
     [
-      "--enable-check"
+      # > docs failure: ftype-ref: ftype mismatch for #<ftype-pointer>
+      # "--enable-check"
       "--enable-csonly"
       "--enable-liblz4"
       "--enable-libz"
     ]
     ++ lib.optional disableDocs "--disable-docs"
-    ++ lib.optionals (!isStatic) [
+    ++ lib.optionals (!(finalAttrs.dontDisableStatic or false)) [
       # instead of `--disable-static` that `stdenv` assumes
       "--disable-libs"
       # "not currently supported" in `configure --help-cs` but still emphasized in README
@@ -87,6 +88,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "--enable-xonx"
     ];
 
+  # The upstream script builds static libraries by default.
+  dontAddStaticConfigureFlags = true;
+
   dontStrip = isDarwin;
 
   postFixup =
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e8430c75d91..32f7af89e7a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7246,7 +7246,9 @@ with pkgs;
   wireplumber = callPackage ../development/libraries/pipewire/wireplumber.nix { };
 
   racket = callPackage ../development/interpreters/racket { };
-  racket-minimal = callPackage ../development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix { };
+  racket-minimal = callPackage ../development/interpreters/racket/minimal.nix {
+    stdenv = stdenvAdapters.makeStaticLibraries stdenv;
+  };
 
   rakudo = callPackage ../development/interpreters/rakudo { };
   moarvm = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/interpreters/rakudo/moarvm.nix {