--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,25 +34,6 @@
 generate_export_header(rtlsdr)
 
 ########################################################################
-# Setup static library variant
-########################################################################
-add_library(rtlsdr_static STATIC librtlsdr.c
-  tuner_e4k.c tuner_fc0012.c tuner_fc0013.c tuner_fc2580.c tuner_r82xx.c)
-target_link_libraries(rtlsdr ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES} ${THREADS_PTHREADS_LIBRARY})
-target_include_directories(rtlsdr_static PUBLIC
-  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
-  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>  # <prefix>/include
-  ${LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  ${THREADS_PTHREADS_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  )
-set_property(TARGET rtlsdr_static APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "rtlsdr_STATIC" )
-if(NOT WIN32)
-# Force same library filename for static and shared variants of the library
-set_target_properties(rtlsdr_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME rtlsdr)
-endif()
-generate_export_header(rtlsdr_static)
-
-########################################################################
 # Set up Windows DLL resource files
 ########################################################################
 IF(MSVC)
@@ -63,7 +44,6 @@
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rtlsdr.rc
     @ONLY)
   target_sources(rtlsdr PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rtlsdr.rc)
-  target_sources(rtlsdr_static PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rtlsdr.rc)
 ENDIF(MSVC)
 
 ########################################################################
@@ -94,7 +74,7 @@
 add_executable(rtl_adsb rtl_adsb.c)
 add_executable(rtl_power rtl_power.c)
 add_executable(rtl_biast rtl_biast.c)
-set(INSTALL_TARGETS rtlsdr rtlsdr_static rtl_sdr rtl_tcp rtl_test rtl_fm rtl_eeprom rtl_adsb rtl_power rtl_biast)
+set(INSTALL_TARGETS rtlsdr rtl_sdr rtl_tcp rtl_test rtl_fm rtl_eeprom rtl_adsb rtl_power rtl_biast)
 
 target_link_libraries(rtl_sdr rtlsdr convenience_static
     ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES}
@@ -163,9 +143,6 @@
 install(TARGETS rtlsdr EXPORT RTLSDR-export
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} # .so/.dylib file
   )
-install(TARGETS rtlsdr_static EXPORT RTLSDR-export
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} # .so/.dylib file
-  )
 install(TARGETS rtl_sdr rtl_tcp rtl_test rtl_fm rtl_eeprom rtl_adsb rtl_power rtl_biast
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
   )