diff --git a/mate-base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop-1.24.0-r1.ebuild b/mate-base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop-1.24.0-r1.ebuild
index 79572f0fe73bd..22b08aad86065 100644
--- a/mate-base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop-1.24.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/mate-base/mate-desktop/mate-desktop-1.24.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 src_configure() {
 	mate_src_configure \
 		--enable-mate-about \
-		--disable-static \
 		$(use_with X x) \
 		$(use_enable debug) \
 		$(use_enable introspection) \