diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/Makefile.am b/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/Makefile.am
index 66b396b466..38a1199944 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/romio/romio/Makefile.am
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ libromio_dist_la_SOURCES =
 libromio_dist_la_LIBADD  = \
 	adio/libadio.la \
 	mpi-io/libmpi-io.la \
-	mpi-io/glue/openmpi/libglue.la \
-	$(MCA_io_romio_STATIC_LTLIBS) @ROMIO_LIBLIST@
+	mpi-io/glue/openmpi/libglue.la @ROMIO_LIBLIST@
 libromio_dist_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	adio/libadio.la \
 	mpi-io/libmpi-io.la \
-	mpi-io/glue/openmpi/libglue.la \
-	$(MCA_io_romio_STATIC_LTLIBS)
+	mpi-io/glue/openmpi/libglue.la