diff --git a/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk b/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
index 528d5c1efc..eea14181a6 100644
--- a/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
+++ b/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ LIBSOXR_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE COPYING.LGPL
 LIBSOXR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBSOXR_CONF_OPTS = -DWITH_OPENMP=OFF
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
-LIBSOXR_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENDIAN)),BIG)
 LIBSOXR_CONF_OPTS += -DHAVE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN=1
 else