diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5587e391..a18092f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ endif()
 
 add_custom_command(
 	OUTPUT
-	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/libdeltachat.a"
 	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
 	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
         COMMAND
@@ -35,12 +34,10 @@ add_custom_target(
 	lib_deltachat
 	ALL
 	DEPENDS
-	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/libdeltachat.a"
 	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}"
 	"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc"
 )
 
 install(FILES "deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/${ARCH_DIR}/release/libdeltachat.a" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/${ARCH_DIR}/release/libdeltachat.${DYNAMIC_EXT}" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/target/${ARCH_DIR}/release/pkgconfig/deltachat.pc" DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index d66cb00f..48347a48 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "std", "email"]
 
 [lib]
 name = "deltachat"
-crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 deltachat = { path = "../", default-features = false }