diff --git a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.3.recipe b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.3.recipe
index cf2990054..375baf135 100644
--- a/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.3.recipe
+++ b/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses6-6.3.recipe
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ library and tools."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="MIT"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ncurses/ncurses-$portVersion.tar.gz
 	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059"
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ doBuild()
 		--enable-termcap \
 		--enable-hard-tabs \
 		--enable-pc-files \
+		--disable-static \
 		$configureArgs
 	make $jobArgs
 
@@ -188,8 +189,8 @@ INSTALL()
 	cp -ra build-nowidec/$prefix/. $prefix
 	cp -ra build-widec/$prefix/. $prefix
 
-	# remove libtool files
-	rm $libDir/lib*.la
+	# remove libtool files & static libraries
+	rm $libDir/lib*.la $libDir/lib*.a
 
 	# copy pkg-config files
 	mkdir -p $libDir/pkgconfig