diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
index ba1a03b89b9..dc8da1af447 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , writeShellScript, runCommand, which
 , rustPlatform, jq, nix-prefetch-git, xe, curl, emscripten
 , callPackage
+, enableShared ? true
+, enableStatic ? false
 }:
 
 # TODO: move to carnix or https://github.com/kolloch/crate2nix
@@ -69,8 +71,9 @@ in rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    export PREFIX=$out
-    make install
+    PREFIX=$out make install
+    ${lib.optionalString (!enableShared) "rm $out/lib/*.so{,.*}"}
+    ${lib.optionalString (!enableStatic) "rm $out/lib/*.a"}
   '';
 
   # test result: FAILED. 120 passed; 13 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 865e5cf2900..b3851ba20f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ in {
 
   libexecinfo = super.libexecinfo.override { enableShared = false; };
 
+  tree-sitter = super.tree-sitter.override {
+    enableShared = false;
+    enableStatic = true;
+  };
+
   xorg = super.xorg.overrideScope' (xorgself: xorgsuper: {
     libX11 = xorgsuper.libX11.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       depsBuildBuild = attrs.depsBuildBuild ++ [ (self.buildPackages.stdenv.cc.libc.static or null) ];