diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 8d52c6f4a..34a82a449 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -51,8 +51,13 @@ OBJS += conf.o log.o
 OBJS += $(EXTOBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
 # unnecessary unless pkgdb format changes
 # OBJS += pkgdb_conversion.o
+
 .PHONY: all
-all: libxbps.so libxbps.a
+ifdef BUILD_STATIC
+all: libxbps.a
+else
+all: libxbps.so
+endif
 
 external/fetch/ftperr.h: external/fetch/ftp.errors
 	@printf " [GEN]\t\t$@\n"
@@ -92,9 +97,11 @@ libxbps.a: $(LIBFETCH_OBJS) $(LIBPROP_OBJS) $(OBJS)
 install: all
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	install -m 644 libxbps.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+ifndef BUILD_STATIC
 	install -m 755 $(LIBXBPS_SHLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	cp -a libxbps.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	cp -a libxbps.so.$(LIBXBPS_MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+endif
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
diff --git a/mk/prog.mk b/mk/prog.mk
index 82ba82b50..55ba6c206 100644
--- a/mk/prog.mk
+++ b/mk/prog.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MANSECTION ?= 1
 MAN ?= $(BIN).$(MANSECTION)
 
 ifdef BUILD_STATIC
-BINS += $(BIN).static
+BINS = $(BIN).static
 endif
 
 CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-command-line-argument
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ clean:
 .PHONY: install
 install: all
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-	install -m 755 $(BIN) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-ifdef BUILD_STATIC
-	install -m 755 $(BIN).static $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
-endif
+	install -m 755 $(BINS) $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)
 ifdef MAN
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)
 	install -m 644 $(MAN) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)
@@ -34,10 +31,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
-	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/$(BIN)
-ifdef BUILD_STATIC
-	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/$(BIN).static
-endif
+	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(SBINDIR)/$(BINS)
 ifdef MAN
 	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man$(MANSECTION)/$(MAN)
 endif