diff --git a/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake b/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
index a15c179..4760e63 100644
--- a/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
+++ b/common/cmake/dpcpp.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_SYCL_SUPPORT)
 
   SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fno-sycl")   # makes dpcpp compiler compatible with clang++
   
-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_SYCL "-fsycl -fsycl-unnamed-lambda -Xclang -fsycl-allow-func-ptr")
+  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_SYCL "-fsycl -nolibsycl -fsycl-unnamed-lambda -Xclang -fsycl-allow-func-ptr")
   SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_SYCL "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_SYCL} -Wno-mismatched-tags -Wno-pessimizing-move -Wno-reorder -Wno-unneeded-internal-declaration -Wno-delete-non-abstract-non-virtual-dtor -Wno-dangling-field -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Wno-logical-op-parentheses")
   
   IF (SYCL_ONEAPI_ICX AND WIN32)
diff --git a/kernels/CMakeLists.txt b/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
index b827807..648603a 100644
--- a/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ embree_files(EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512 ${AVX512})
 #message("AVX2: ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2}")
 #message("AVX512: ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX512}")
 
+# Bundle Neon2x into the main static library.
+IF(EMBREE_ISA_NEON2X AND EMBREE_STATIC_LIB)
+  LIST(APPEND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2})
+  LIST(REMOVE_DUPLICATES EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES)
+ENDIF()
+
 # replaces all .cpp files with a dummy file that includes that .cpp file
 # this is to work around an ICC name mangling issue related to lambda functions under windows
 MACRO (CreateISADummyFiles list isa)
@@ -318,7 +324,7 @@ IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX  AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX)
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
-IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX2 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2)
+IF (EMBREE_ISA_AVX2 AND EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2 AND NOT (EMBREE_ISA_NEON2X AND EMBREE_STATIC_LIB))
   DISABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR_FOR_INTERSECTORS(${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2})
   ADD_LIBRARY(embree_avx2 STATIC ${EMBREE_LIBRARY_FILES_AVX2})
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(embree_avx2 PRIVATE tasking)