diff --git a/steps-guix/elfutils-0.194/pass1.sh b/steps-guix/elfutils-0.194/pass1.sh
index 964c4649..db437e53 100644
--- a/steps-guix/elfutils-0.194/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps-guix/elfutils-0.194/pass1.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ src_configure() {
         --includedir="${KERNEL_SYSROOT}/include" \
         --build="${TARGET}" \
         --host="${TARGET}" \
+        --disable-shared \
+        --enable-static \
         --disable-debuginfod \
         --disable-libdebuginfod
 }