diff --git a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
index 8c8109fb83b..ba921fac114 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Ethan R. Jones <doubleplusgood23@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018–2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Fis Trivial <ybbs.daans@hotmail.com>
-;;; Copyright © 2018 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Jan Wielkiewicz <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl>
@@ -1238,7 +1238,8 @@ of reading and writing XML.")
             (rename-file ".md5" "third_party/md5")))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags '("-DUSE_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON" "-DUSE_SYSTEM_JSON=ON")))
+     `(#:configure-flags '("-DUSE_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON" "-DUSE_SYSTEM_JSON=ON"
+                           "-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=OFF")))
     (native-inputs
      `(("googletest" ,googletest)
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))