diff --git a/dev-db/db/db-6.0.30.recipe b/dev-db/db/db-6.0.30.recipe
index 6442e30cf..55afdecdd 100644
--- a/dev-db/db/db-6.0.30.recipe
+++ b/dev-db/db/db-6.0.30.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1990-2013, Oracle
 	1996-1996, The President and Fellows of Harvard University
 	2000-2005, INRIA - France Telecom"
 LICENSE="SleepyCat"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="608e4b1cf390e9bf54c0ef00c5bd9ca76d36e2261b9f4d33d54516f3f6a20fd2"
 SOURCE_DIR="db-${portVersion}"
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 BUILD()
 {
 	cd build_unix
-	runConfigure ../dist/configure --enable-cxx
+	runConfigure ../dist/configure --enable-cxx \
+		--disable-static
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ INSTALL()
 	cd build_unix
 	make install
 
+	# remove libtool files
+	rm $libDir/*.la
+
 	# prepare develop/lib
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libdb libdb-6.0 libdb_cxx libdb_cxx-6.0
 	fixPkgconfig
diff --git a/dev-db/db/db61-6.1.23.recipe b/dev-db/db/db61-6.1.23.recipe
index 492cca968..1ed3daf5b 100644
--- a/dev-db/db/db61-6.1.23.recipe
+++ b/dev-db/db/db61-6.1.23.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1990-2013, Oracle
 	1996-1996, The President and Fellows of Harvard University
 	2000-2005, INRIA - France Telecom"
 LICENSE="SleepyCat"
-REVISION="3"
+REVISION="4"
 SOURCE_URI="http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="822e1591f7f535c5eb16389fbd5c1f14877a9561674cc1d497f1db318ef86107"
 SOURCE_DIR="db-${portVersion}"
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 BUILD()
 {
 	cd build_unix
-	runConfigure ../dist/configure --enable-cxx
+	runConfigure ../dist/configure --enable-cxx \
+		--disable-static
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ INSTALL()
 	cd build_unix
 	make install
 
+	# remove libtool files
+	rm $libDir/*.la
+
 	# prepare develop/lib
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libdb libdb-6.1 libdb_cxx libdb_cxx-6.1
 	fixPkgconfig