2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.cpp
index 3ea6604df2..059c6da20f 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.cpp
@@ -27,24 +27,22 @@
 #include "CharacterMap.h"
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
 #include <Kernel/API/Syscall.h>
-#ifndef KERNEL
-#    include <LibKeyboard/CharacterMapFile.h>
-#endif
+#include <LibKeyboard/CharacterMapFile.h>
 
 namespace Keyboard {
 
-CharacterMap::CharacterMap(const String& map_name)
+#ifndef KERNEL
+// The Kernel explicitly and exclusively links only this file into it.
+// Thus, we cannot even include a reference to the symbol `CharacterMapFile::load_from_file`.
+Optional<CharacterMap> CharacterMap::load_from_file(const String& map_name)
 {
-#ifdef KERNEL
-    m_character_map_data = default_character_map;
-#else
     auto result = CharacterMapFile::load_from_file(map_name);
-    ASSERT(result.has_value());
+    if (!result.has_value())
+        return {};
 
-    m_character_map_data = result.value();
-#endif
-    m_character_map_name = map_name;
+    return CharacterMap(map_name, result.value());
 }
+#endif
 
 CharacterMap::CharacterMap(const String& map_name, const CharacterMapData& map_data)
     : m_character_map_data(map_data)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.h
index 848b32a7fa..5a45c34fdb 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibKeyboard/CharacterMap.h
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ namespace Keyboard {
 class CharacterMap {
 
 public:
-    CharacterMap(const String& map_name);
     CharacterMap(const String& map_name, const CharacterMapData& map_data);
+    static Optional<CharacterMap> load_from_file(const String& file_name);
 
 #ifndef KERNEL
     int set_system_map();