diff --git a/build/BUILD.bazel b/build/BUILD.bazel
index 05ea9aa880e0..f4ae1c96d293 100644
--- a/build/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/build/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 load("@kong_bindings//:variables.bzl", "KONG_VAR")
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:selects.bzl", "selects")
-load("//build:build_system.bzl", "get_workspace_name", "kong_genrule", "kong_install", "kong_rules_group", "kong_template_file")
+load("//build:build_system.bzl", "get_clib_deps", "get_workspace_name", "kong_genrule", "kong_install", "kong_rules_group", "kong_template_file")
 load("@kong//build/openresty/wasmx/filters:variables.bzl", "WASM_FILTERS_TARGETS")
 
 exports_files([
@@ -9,28 +9,24 @@ exports_files([
 
 # C libraries
 
-clib_deps = [
-    "@openssl",
-    "@libexpat",
-    "@snappy",
-    "@ada",
-]
-
 [
     kong_install(
         name = "install-%s" % get_workspace_name(k),
         src = k,
-        prefix = "kong/lib" if k in ("@passwdqc", "@snappy", "@ada") else "kong",
+        prefix = "kong/lib" if k in get_clib_deps(select({
+            "@kong//:ada_flag": True,
+            "//conditions:default": False,
+        })) else "kong",
         strip_path = "snappy" if k == "@snappy" else "ada" if k == "@ada" else "",
     )
-    for k in clib_deps
+    for k in get_clib_deps()
 ]
 
 kong_rules_group(
     name = "install-clibs",
     propagates = [
         ":install-%s" % get_workspace_name(k)
-        for k in clib_deps
+        for k in get_clib_deps()
     ],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/build/build_system.bzl b/build/build_system.bzl
index 99796a0c030d..9cf6e3b7d277 100644
--- a/build/build_system.bzl
+++ b/build/build_system.bzl
@@ -355,3 +355,13 @@ kong_install = rule(
 
 def get_workspace_name(label):
     return label.replace("@", "").split("/")[0]
+
+def get_clib_deps(ada_flag):
+    base_deps = [
+        "@openssl",
+        "@libexpat",
+        "@snappy",
+    ]
+    if ada_flag:
+        base_deps.append("@ada")
+    return base_deps