diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index cc5064905e..7e60cdc6c4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 #
 pkgname=libxml2
 version=2.9.10
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history --with-icu
- --without-python"
+configure_args="--with-threads --with-history --with-icu --without-python"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel icu-devel"
 short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ libxml2-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-${version}
 		vmove "usr/share/man/man1/xml2-config*"
 		vmove usr/share/man/man3
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }