diff --git a/package/kismet/Config.in b/package/kismet/Config.in
index 8bbc9a6f0e..7265c63e87 100644
--- a/package/kismet/Config.in
+++ b/package/kismet/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-comment "kismet needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++"
+comment "kismet needs a toolchain w/ threads, C++, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KISMET
 	bool "kismet"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libnl
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PANEL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
diff --git a/package/kismet/kismet.mk b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
index 56f6247fcc..64a0ab2769 100644
--- a/package/kismet/kismet.mk
+++ b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ KISMET_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
 # We touch configure.in:
 KISMET_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-KISMET_CONF_ENV = LIBS="-lpcap $(shell $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcap-config --static --additional-libs)"
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
 KISMET_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
 endif