diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f6f65d..2544557 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ HTSLIB_DIR="src/htslib-1.21"
 echo "Configuring HTSlib in $HTSLIB_DIR"
 cd $HTSLIB_DIR
 ./configure \
-    --disable-shared \
-    --enable-static \
     --without-libdeflate \
     CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 
diff --git a/configure.win b/configure.win
index 88ff72a..4034c55 100755
--- a/configure.win
+++ b/configure.win
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ HTSLIB_DIR="src/htslib-1.21"
 echo "Configuring HTSlib in $HTSLIB_DIR"
 cd $HTSLIB_DIR
 ./configure \
-    --disable-shared \
-    --enable-static \
     --without-libdeflate \
     CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"