diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
index 638a894b7b321fd3f1bb0c4c5e8e9bf5adb23c0f..7e68663c6edf7466141d0011eb4d66d7dcf43908 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             '--enable-fortran' if '+fortran' in spec else '--disable-fortran',
             '--enable-silex' if '+silex' in spec else '--disable-silex',
             '--enable-shared' if '+shared' in spec else '--disable-shared',
-            '--disable-static' if '+shared' in spec else '--enable-static',
         ]
 
         if '+silex' in spec: