diff --git a/ports/vxl/CONTROL b/ports/vxl/CONTROL
index bb187ed71e0..d9340d9f3d1 100644
--- a/ports/vxl/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/vxl/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: vxl
-Version: v1.18.0-1
+Version: v1.18.0-2
 Build-Depends: bzip2, libgeotiff, libjpeg-turbo, libpng, tiff, zlib, expat, shapelib
 # Build-Depends: bzip2, dcmtk, libgeotiff, libjpeg-turbo, openjpeg, libpng, tiff, zlib
 Description: A multi-platform collection of C++ software libraries for Computer Vision and Image Understanding.
diff --git a/ports/vxl/portfile.cmake b/ports/vxl/portfile.cmake
index 89a82219c73..75d89ee2d9a 100644
--- a/ports/vxl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/vxl/portfile.cmake
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
-string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" SHARED_LIBS)
-
 set(USE_WIN_WCHAR_T OFF)
-if(WIN32)
+if(NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME OR VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
     set(USE_WIN_WCHAR_T ON)
 endif()
 
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${VXL_SHARED_LIBS}
         -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
         -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
         -DVXL_FORCE_V3P_BZLIB2=OFF