diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3b681ca3c..5eae413fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,3 @@ lz4-sys = { path = "lz4-sys", version = "1.11.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = ">=0.7, <=0.8"
-
-[features]
-# Enable this feature if you want to have a statically linked liblz4
-static = ["lz4-sys/static"]
diff --git a/lz4-sys/Cargo.toml b/lz4-sys/Cargo.toml
index 4b233ddb5..dd1d13aca 100644
--- a/lz4-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lz4-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ libc = "0.2"
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.1"
 pkg-config = "0.3.9"
-
-[features]
-# Enable this feature if you want to have a statically linked liblz4
-static = []
diff --git a/lz4-sys/build.rs b/lz4-sys/build.rs
index c8e68b3e4..885b6311c 100644
--- a/lz4-sys/build.rs
+++ b/lz4-sys/build.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let target = get_from_env("TARGET")?;
 
     if !target.contains("windows")
-        && !cfg!(feature = "static")
         && pkg_config::Config::new()
             .print_system_libs(false)
             .cargo_metadata(true)