diff --git a/package/ccid/Config.in b/package/ccid/Config.in
index e960986aea..e3c71f84ef 100644
--- a/package/ccid/Config.in
+++ b/package/ccid/Config.in
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CCID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libusb
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pcsc-lite
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # pcsc-lite
 	help
 	  PC/SC driver for USB CCID smart card readers
 
 	  http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html
 
-comment "ccid needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "ccid needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/Config.in b/package/pcsc-lite/Config.in
index aab42e8ce9..bd715bed17 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/Config.in
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE
 	bool "pcsc-lite"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	help
 	  Middleware to access smart card using SCard API (PC/SC).
 
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE_EMBEDDED
 
 endif
 
-comment "pcsc-lite needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "pcsc-lite needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
diff --git a/package/strongswan/Config.in b/package/strongswan/Config.in
index d53da64d78..0daedda814 100644
--- a/package/strongswan/Config.in
+++ b/package/strongswan/Config.in
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_STRONGSWAN_EAP
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_STRONGSWAN_EAP_SIM_PCSC
 	bool "Enable EAP-SIM smart card backend"
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # pcsc-lite
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE
 
 endif