diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index e2c81d6e89..19f1058dfa 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ else
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libxml2
 endif
 
-# live555 installs a static library only, and vlc tries to link it into a
-# shared library - which doesn't work. So only enable live555 if static.
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIVE555)$(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIVE555),y)
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --enable-live555
 VLC_DEPENDENCIES += live555
 VLC_CONF_ENV += \