diff --git a/package/binutils/binutils.mk b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
index f1723b214..b3ccee2bc 100644
--- a/package/binutils/binutils.mk
+++ b/package/binutils/binutils.mk
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BINUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING3 COPYING.LIB
 BINUTILS_CONF_OPT = --disable-multilib --disable-werror \
 		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--enable-shared \
 		$(BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG_OPTIONS)
 
 # Install binutils after busybox to prefer full-blown utilities