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xmonad compiles and runs but does not launch terminal or dmenu

I installed xmonad and xmonad-contrib and set up a minimal config:

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import XMonad
import XMonad.Util.Dmenu
import XMonad.Util.EZConfig

main = xmonad myConfig

myConfig
  = def
    { modMask = mod4Mask,
      terminal = "st"
    } `additionalKeys`
      [ ((mod4Mask, xK_p), spawn "dmenu_run" ]

xmonad --recompile exits with success. My xinitrc:

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exec dbus-launch xmonad

startx works as expected and the server shuts down successfully when I press Mod-Shift-Q, but neither the terminal shortcut Mod-Shift-Ret nor the dmenu Mod-P work. st and dmenu_run seem to work normally, and my shell is zsh with just a prompt customization line in the rc. When I change the modMask key in the config file it does update on recompilation, so I know that I've set up the configs correctly, and yet the other key combinations don't work. What could I be missing?