diff --git a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
index 61d65cb64b6b..7aeed5d91cc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/display-managers/lightdm/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--localstatedir=/var"
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
     "--disable-tests"
-    "--disable-static"
     "--disable-dmrc"
   ] ++ optional withQt4 "--enable-liblightdm-qt"
     ++ optional withQt5 "--enable-liblightdm-qt5";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
index 89778f670ff3..898186b714b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/kiwix/default.nix
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-static"
     "--disable-staticbins"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix
index b351c892c2cf..c863fe6aea85 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/alliance/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--prefix=$(out)"
-    "--disable-static"
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/3.28.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/3.28.nix
index 7e1f696c58d1..262383bdda94 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/3.28.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/core/mutter/3.28.nix
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-x"
-    "--disable-static"
     "--enable-shape"
     "--enable-sm"
     "--enable-startup-notification"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/blitz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/blitz/default.nix
index 62f050cbcb85..fd0da496fa40 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/blitz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/blitz/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   configureFlags =
     [ "--enable-shared"
-      "--disable-static"
       "--enable-fortran"
       "--enable-optimize"
       "--with-pic=yes"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
index 3b1aeeebaabd..45a4f48fd337 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg-full/default.nix
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      *  Build flags
      */
     # On some ARM platforms --enable-thumb
-    "--enable-shared --disable-static"
+    "--enable-shared"
     (enableFeature true "pic")
     (if stdenv.cc.isClang then "--cc=clang" else null)
     (enableFeature smallBuild "small")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
index cf2dc56b90a1..4c0ca0210cc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--enable-version3"
     # Build flags
       "--enable-shared"
-      "--disable-static"
       (ifMinVer "0.6" "--enable-pic")
       (enableFeature runtimeCpuDetectBuild "runtime-cpudetect")
       "--enable-hardcoded-tables"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
index 07dbaeef1654..c9577436c300 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fftw/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   outputBin = "dev"; # fftw-wisdom
 
   configureFlags =
-    [ "--enable-shared" "--disable-static"
+    [ "--enable-shared"
       "--enable-threads"
     ]
     ++ optional (precision != "double") "--enable-${precision}"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
index eb26a241d1cd..6eaf1bbcc2f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/default.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" "--bindir=$(dev)/bin" "--enable-freetype-config" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--bindir=$(dev)/bin" "--enable-freetype-config" ];
 
   # native compiler to generate building tool
   CC_BUILD = "${buildPackages.stdenv.cc}/bin/cc";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix
index a5b226ee9c74..98a34477e4f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ijs/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" "--enable-shared" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-shared" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://www.openprinting.org/download/ijs/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpsl/default.nix
index 7e2443d31e92..15aa7c9e22d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpsl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpsl/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-static"
 #    "--enable-gtk-doc"
     "--enable-man"
     "--enable-valgrind-tests"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
index f11a7eb1fe54..43f80076328e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librep/default.nix
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ readline texinfo ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ gdbm gmp libffi ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-static"
-  ];
-
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunity/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunity/default.nix
index 1adddadcc5ea..2c042281f37a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libunity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libunity/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-static"
     "--with-pygi-overrides-dir=${placeholder ''py''}/${python3.sitePackages}/gi/overrides"
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
index ee36365c03ff..d80fe6a998c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvpx/default.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     (if isDarwin || isCygwin then
        "--enable-static --disable-shared"
      else
-       "--disable-static --enable-shared")
+       "--enable-shared")
     (enableFeature smallSupport "small")
     (enableFeature postprocVisualizerSupport "postproc-visualizer")
     (enableFeature unitTestsSupport "unit-tests")
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vapoursynth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vapoursynth/default.nix
index 53d70f4d369d..0d96829b6baf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vapoursynth/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vapoursynth/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional imwriSupport imagemagick7;
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--disable-static"
     (optionalString (!ocrSupport)   "--disable-ocr")
     (optionalString (!imwriSupport) "--disable-imwri")
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-security-c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-security-c/default.nix
index e6ececf8513e..74846c8306dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-security-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xml-security-c/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-openssl"
     "--with-xerces"
     "--with-xalan"
-    "--disable-static"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix
index a232552712d6..bdc8b3a75df8 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/drivers/epkowa/default.nix
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
   patchFlags = "-p0";
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-static" "--enable-dependency-reduction" "--disable-frontend"];
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-dependency-reduction" "--disable-frontend"];
 
   postConfigure = ''
     echo '#define NIX_ESCI_PREFIX "'${fwdir}'"' >> config.h
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
index 31de59259161..40780c9a97b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/firebird/default.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags =
     [ "--with-serivec-port=${builtins.toString port}"
       "--with-service-name=${serviceName}"
-      # "--disable-static"
       "--with-system-editline"
       "--with-fblog=/var/log/firebird"
       "--with-fbconf=/etc/firebird"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/avfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/avfs/default.nix
index b95a9ad68a82..b66d67fbc9f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/avfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/avfs/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-library"
     "--enable-fuse"
-    "--disable-static"
   ];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
index e9b9452c7563..bd80eae2bebc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/webalizer/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-dns"
     "--enable-geoip"
-    "--disable-static"
     "--enable-shared"
   ];