diff --git a/packages/textproc/xmlstarlet/package.mk b/packages/textproc/xmlstarlet/package.mk
index 09311c05ff..59c859cdac 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/xmlstarlet/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/xmlstarlet/package.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="XMLStarlet is a command-line XML utility which allows the modifica
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="  ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
-                           --enable-static-libs \
                            LIBXML_CONFIG=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/xml2-config \
                            LIBXSLT_CONFIG=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/xslt-config \
                            --with-libxml-include-prefix=${TOOLCHAIN}/include/libxml2 \
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="  ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
-                           --enable-static-libs \
                            LIBXML_CONFIG=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/bin/xml2-config \
                            LIBXSLT_CONFIG=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/bin/xslt-config \
                            --with-libxml-include-prefix=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/include/libxml2 \