diff --git a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
index 11009467eb..e3e325ce6c 100644
--- a/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
+++ b/package/qextserialport/qextserialport.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_STAGING = NO
+QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 else
 define QEXTSERIALPORT_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	cp -a $(@D)/*.so.* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib