diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/Config.in b/package/libwebsockets/Config.in
index dff6688e83..d7b529cafd 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/Config.in
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBWEBSOCKETS
 	bool "libwebsockets"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  Libwebsockets is a lightweight pure C library built to use
@@ -7,3 +8,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBWEBSOCKETS
 	  in both directions.
 
 	  https://libwebsockets.org/
+
+comment "libwebsockets needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
index 6f752f998e..c25686d385 100644
--- a/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
+++ b/package/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.mk
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ else
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += -DLWS_WITH_LIBUV=OFF
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += -DLWS_WITH_SHARED=OFF
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
 LIBWEBSOCKETS_CONF_OPTS += -DLWS_WITH_STATIC=OFF
 endif
diff --git a/package/ttyd/Config.in b/package/ttyd/Config.in
index df710fbac3..ecc705b17e 100644
--- a/package/ttyd/Config.in
+++ b/package/ttyd/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TTYD
 	bool "ttyd"
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libuv
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libuv, libwebsockets
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # libuv
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # libuv, json-c
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libuv