diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 76a66a648d84..cb273155a58f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -287,10 +287,11 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   PYTHONHASHSEED=0;
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-shared"
     "--without-ensurepip"
     "--with-system-expat"
     "--with-system-ffi"
+  ] ++ optionals (!static) [
+    "--enable-shared"
   ] ++ optionals enableOptimizations [
     "--enable-optimizations"
   ] ++ optionals enableLTO [