diff --git a/sci-libs/libh2o/libh2o-0.2.1-r1.ebuild b/sci-libs/libh2o/libh2o-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
index a0f2cde582cf3..9ef03933234f3 100644
--- a/sci-libs/libh2o/libh2o-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/libh2o/libh2o-0.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
 		$(use_enable debug)
-		$(use_enable static-libs static)
 	)
 
 	econf "${myconf[@]}"