diff --git a/package/belr/belr.mk b/package/belr/belr.mk
index f243830a85..26b949734f 100644
--- a/package/belr/belr.mk
+++ b/package/belr/belr.mk
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ BELR_CONF_OPTS = \
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 BELR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SHARED=OFF -DENABLE_STATIC=ON
-else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS),y)
-BELR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SHARED=ON -DENABLE_STATIC=ON
-else ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+else
+# cannot build static and shared together
 BELR_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_SHARED=ON -DENABLE_STATIC=OFF
 endif