diff --git a/base/acl/acl.conf b/base/acl/acl.conf
index f6db83e89..c1056a2cc 100644
--- a/base/acl/acl.conf
+++ b/base/acl/acl.conf
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ makeinstopt="$makeinstopt install-lib install-dev"
 # only static libs go here
 var_append confopt ' ' "--libexecdir='$libdir'"
 
-# also build shared libs
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-shared"
-
 # install missing .la file
 hook_add inmake 9 "cp -av libacl/libacl.la $root$libdir/; sed -i 's,installed=no,installed=yes,' $root$libdir/libacl.la"