diff --git a/package/xerces/Config.in b/package/xerces/Config.in
index 828b5dd2a0..20cd2ab1a6 100644
--- a/package/xerces/Config.in
+++ b/package/xerces/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XERCES
 	bool "xerces-c++"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	help
 	  Xerces-C++ is a validating XML parser written in portable C++.
@@ -17,5 +18,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XERCES_ENABLE_NETWORK
 
 endif
 
-comment "xerces-c++ needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar"
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR)
+comment "xerces-c++ needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, wchar"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/xml-security-c/Config.in b/package/xml-security-c/Config.in
index 17d0ca3aad..02544d5a01 100644
--- a/package/xml-security-c/Config.in
+++ b/package/xml-security-c/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XML_SECURITY_C
 	bool "xml-security-c"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # xerces
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # xerces
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # xerces
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
@@ -12,6 +13,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XML_SECURITY_C
 
 	  https://santuario.apache.org/cindex.html
 
-comment "xml-security-c needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.7"
+comment "xml-security-c needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.7"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7