--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3939,13 +3939,6 @@
 
 
 if test "$GCC" = "yes"; then
-
-  # Check whether --enable-static was given.
-if test "${enable_static+set}" = set; then
-  enableval=$enable_static; LDFLAGS="--static ${LDFLAGS}"
-fi
-
-
   if test "$IN_CFLAGS" = ""; then
     CFLAGS="-Wall -O2"
   fi