diff --git a/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh b/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
index fc3a173294b..241994223d3 100755
--- a/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
+++ b/r/inst/build_arrow_static.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ${CMAKE} -DARROW_BOOST_USE_SHARED=OFF \
     -DBoost_SOURCE=${Boost_SOURCE:-} \
     -Dlz4_SOURCE=${lz4_SOURCE:-} \
     -DARROW_FILESYSTEM=ON \
-    -DARROW_GCS=${ARROW_GCS:-$ARROW_DEFAULT_PARAM} \
+    -DARROW_GCS=${ARROW_GCS:-OFF} \
     -DARROW_JEMALLOC=${ARROW_JEMALLOC:-$ARROW_DEFAULT_PARAM} \
     -DARROW_MIMALLOC=${ARROW_MIMALLOC:-ON} \
     -DARROW_JSON=${ARROW_JSON:-ON} \
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ ${CMAKE} -DARROW_BOOST_USE_SHARED=OFF \
     -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD:-OFF} \
     -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR} \
     -Dre2_SOURCE=${re2_SOURCE:-BUNDLED} \
+    -Dabsl_SOURCE=${absl_SOURCE:-BUNDLED} \
     -Dxsimd_SOURCE=${xsimd_SOURCE:-} \
     -Dzstd_SOURCE=${zstd_SOURCE:-} \
     ${EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS} \