diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
index 7809dc08842..04846c3ab42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, perl, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "glog";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   checkInputs = [ perl ];
   doCheck = false; # fails with "Mangled symbols (28 out of 380) found in demangle.dm"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index aa31996b872..8886e6bb9b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ in {
   gflags = super.gflags.override {
     enableShared = false;
   };
-  glog = super.glog.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
   cdo = super.cdo.override {
     enable_all_static = true;
   };