diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c27b16b3e..3fc765f33e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -382,8 +382,7 @@ Miscellaneous options:
   --host-cc=COMPILER     C compiler for tools needed while building [gcc]
   --as=ASSEMBLER         assembler to build MPlayer [as]
   --target=PLATFORM      target platform (i386-linux, arm-linux, etc)
-  --enable-static        build a statically linked binary. Set further linking
-                         options with --enable-static="-lslang -lncurses"
+  --enable-static        build a statically linked binary
   --charset=charset      convert the console messages to this character set
   --language=list        a white space or comma separated list of languages for
                          translated man pages, the first language is used for
@@ -499,9 +498,6 @@ for ac_option do
   --disable-static)
     _ld_static=''
     ;;
-  --enable-static=*)
-    _ld_static="-static `echo $ac_option | cut -d '=' -f 2`"
-    ;;
   --with-extraincdir=*)
     _inc_extra=-I`echo $ac_option | cut -d '=' -f 2 | sed 's,:, -I,g'`
     ;;