diff --git a/package/minidlna/Config.in b/package/minidlna/Config.in
index 6925e01223..999ea019d2 100644
--- a/package/minidlna/Config.in
+++ b/package/minidlna/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MINIDLNA
 	bool "minidlna"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # flac
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MINIDLNA
 
 	  http://minidlna.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "minidlna needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
+comment "minidlna needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_nios2
-	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS && BR2_USE_WCHAR)
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk b/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
index 729680cafb..0e765e80f7 100644
--- a/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
+++ b/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
@@ -14,17 +14,8 @@ MINIDLNA_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	ffmpeg flac libvorbis libogg libid3tag libexif jpeg sqlite \
 	host-xutil_makedepend
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-# the configure script / Makefile forgets to link with some of the dependent
-# libraries breaking static linking, so help it along
-MINIDLNA_PKGCONFIG_DEPS = libavcodec libexif vorbis sqlite3
-MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs $(MINIDLNA_PKGCONFIG_DEPS)`
-MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),-lintl)
-MINIDLNA_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS)"
-else
 MINIDLNA_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-static
-endif
 
 define MINIDLNA_INSTALL_CONF
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 644 $(@D)/minidlna.conf $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/minidlna.conf