diff --git a/package/libsigrokdecode/Config.in b/package/libsigrokdecode/Config.in
index 252992359e..a8f4e85c4a 100644
--- a/package/libsigrokdecode/Config.in
+++ b/package/libsigrokdecode/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSIGROKDECODE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2/python3
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2/python3
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2/python3
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python3
 	help
 	  Libsigrokdecode is a shared library written in C, which
 	  provides (streaming) protocol decoding functionality. Say
@@ -16,10 +17,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSIGROKDECODE
 
 	  http://sigrok.org/wiki/Libsigrokdecode
 
-comment "libsigrokecode needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "libsigrokecode needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 comment "libsigrokdecode is not compatible with python"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/python3/Config.in b/package/python3/Config.in
index f61401e551..0f4fc88a6e 100644
--- a/package/python3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python3/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-comment "python3 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "python3 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	bool "python3"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	# uses fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libffi
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
 	help
 	  The python language interpreter.