diff --git a/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-1.6.0.ebuild b/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-1.6.0.ebuild
index 0579066f0bc71..7d2549c15a328 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-1.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DSTLINK_UDEV_RULES_DIR="$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
 		-DSTLINK_MODPROBED_DIR="${EPREFIX}/etc/modprobe.d"
+		-DSTLINK_STATIC_LIB=OFF
 		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:PATH="$(get_libdir)"
 	)
 
diff --git a/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-9999.ebuild b/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-9999.ebuild
index 479ca67cd5919..cadef633bb8a1 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/stlink/stlink-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="6"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DSTLINK_UDEV_RULES_DIR="$(get_udevdir)"/rules.d
 		-DSTLINK_MODPROBED_DIR="${EPREFIX}/etc/modprobe.d"
+		-DSTLINK_STATIC_LIB=OFF
 		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:PATH="$(get_libdir)"
 	)