diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 590c771..8bca8ac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2409,9 +2409,6 @@
 if test "$solaris" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_SOLARIS=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$static" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_STATIC=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "TARGET_DIRS=$target_list" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$modules" = "yes"; then
@@ -2654,6 +2651,7 @@
   # Built-in options
   test "$bindir" != "bin" && meson_option_add "-Dbindir=$bindir"
   test "$default_feature" = no && meson_option_add -Dauto_features=disabled
+  test "$static" = yes && meson_option_add -Dprefer_static=true
   test "$pie" = no && meson_option_add -Db_pie=false
   test "$werror" = yes && meson_option_add -Dwerror=true