diff --git a/packages/x11/lib/libXfont2/package.mk b/packages/x11/lib/libXfont2/package.mk
index a79975131b..536ebca022 100644
--- a/packages/x11/lib/libXfont2/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/lib/libXfont2/package.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ PKG_URL="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/lib/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VE
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain util-macros xtrans freetype libfontenc"
 PKG_LONGDESC="X font Library"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared \
-                           --disable-ipv6 \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-ipv6 \
                            --enable-freetype \
                            --enable-builtins \
                            --disable-pcfformat \