diff --git a/src/libs/freebsd.zig b/src/libs/freebsd.zig
index 0d14b6fb4776465a6fc5ed2060f9456d0b4002ef..f6195ffa914ee5cb036a0e604bc4a384461d24dd 100644
--- a/src/libs/freebsd.zig
+++ b/src/libs/freebsd.zig
@@ -1073,12 +1073,14 @@ fn buildSharedLib(
         .dirs = comp.dirs.withoutLocalCache(),
         .thread_pool = comp.thread_pool,
         .self_exe_path = comp.self_exe_path,
-        .cache_mode = .incremental,
+        // Because we manually cache the whole set of objects, we don't cache the individual objects
+        // within it. In fact, we *can't* do that, because we need `emit_bin` to specify the path.
+        .cache_mode = .none,
         .config = config,
         .root_mod = root_mod,
         .root_name = lib.name,
         .libc_installation = comp.libc_installation,
-        .emit_bin = .yes_cache,
+        .emit_bin = .{ .yes_path = try bin_directory.join(arena, &.{basename}) },
         .verbose_cc = comp.verbose_cc,
         .verbose_link = comp.verbose_link,
         .verbose_air = comp.verbose_air,
diff --git a/src/libs/glibc.zig b/src/libs/glibc.zig
index cb8dd4b46099495c7bfd64d71989fdb02e5332bf..8031827a9d29c8bbd5577e268eaf690fa7d1ffab 100644
--- a/src/libs/glibc.zig
+++ b/src/libs/glibc.zig
@@ -1239,12 +1239,14 @@ fn buildSharedLib(
         .dirs = comp.dirs.withoutLocalCache(),
         .thread_pool = comp.thread_pool,
         .self_exe_path = comp.self_exe_path,
-        .cache_mode = .incremental,
+        // Because we manually cache the whole set of objects, we don't cache the individual objects
+        // within it. In fact, we *can't* do that, because we need `emit_bin` to specify the path.
+        .cache_mode = .none,
         .config = config,
         .root_mod = root_mod,
         .root_name = lib.name,
         .libc_installation = comp.libc_installation,
-        .emit_bin = .yes_cache,
+        .emit_bin = .{ .yes_path = try bin_directory.join(arena, &.{basename}) },
         .verbose_cc = comp.verbose_cc,
         .verbose_link = comp.verbose_link,
         .verbose_air = comp.verbose_air,
diff --git a/src/libs/netbsd.zig b/src/libs/netbsd.zig
index f19c528d5d1b73748582793a7e92e570a186c852..fdab27f217f3557589e99e06579eebbc5ae21ced 100644
--- a/src/libs/netbsd.zig
+++ b/src/libs/netbsd.zig
@@ -737,12 +737,14 @@ fn buildSharedLib(
         .dirs = comp.dirs.withoutLocalCache(),
         .thread_pool = comp.thread_pool,
         .self_exe_path = comp.self_exe_path,
-        .cache_mode = .incremental,
+        // Because we manually cache the whole set of objects, we don't cache the individual objects
+        // within it. In fact, we *can't* do that, because we need `emit_bin` to specify the path.
+        .cache_mode = .none,
         .config = config,
         .root_mod = root_mod,
         .root_name = lib.name,
         .libc_installation = comp.libc_installation,
-        .emit_bin = .yes_cache,
+        .emit_bin = .{ .yes_path = try bin_directory.join(arena, &.{basename}) },
         .verbose_cc = comp.verbose_cc,
         .verbose_link = comp.verbose_link,
         .verbose_air = comp.verbose_air,