diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized
index 0d54833fa7..0e50694aba 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ enable_binaries=yes
 enable_heterogeneous=no
 enable_picky=yes
 enable_debug=no
-enable_shared=yes
-enable_static=no
+enable_shared=no
+enable_static=yes
 enable_memchecker=no
 enable_ipv6=no
 enable_mpi_fortran=no
diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized.conf b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized.conf
index 5141b6b727..0a2e074503 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized.conf
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/gadget-optimized.conf
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@
 mca_base_component_show_load_errors = 1
 orte_abort_timeout = 10
 hwloc_base_mem_bind_failure_action = silent
-
+btl_ugni_rcache=grdma