diff --git a/libdb-4_8.changes b/libdb-4_8.changes
index a2b6728..72e76ea 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.changes
+++ b/libdb-4_8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 13 03:41:05 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Do not build static libraries 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 23 15:02:16 UTC 2011 - rhafer@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libdb-4_8.spec b/libdb-4_8.spec
index 3563b9f..13f6342 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb-4_8.spec
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ This package contains the necessary runtime libraries.
 License:        BSD3c(or similar)
 Summary:        Command Line tools for Managing Berkeley DB Databases
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Tools
-Prefix:         %{_prefix}
-Requires:       db = %{version}
 
 %description -n db-utils
 The Berkeley DB Database is a programmatic toolkit that provides
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ databases.
 License:        BSD3c(or similar)
 Summary:        Documentation for Berkeley DB
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Prefix:         %{_prefix}
 Provides:       db-utils-doc = %{version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1120
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -88,8 +85,7 @@ This package contains the documentation.
 License:        BSD3c(or similar)
 Summary:        Development Files and Libraries for the Berkeley DB library Version 4.8
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Prefix:         %{_prefix}
-Requires:       db = %{version} glibc-devel
+Requires:       %{name} = %{version} glibc-devel
 Provides:       db-devel = %{version}
 
 %description    devel
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@ mkdir ../build_nptl
 cd ../build_nptl
 ../dist/configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
         --libdir=%{_libdir} --enable-compat185 --disable-dump185 \
-        --enable-shared --enable-static --disable-cxx \
+        --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-cxx \
 	--with-mutex="POSIX/pthreads/library" \
         %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux
 # Make sure O_DIRECT is really disabled (build host could have old kernel)
@@ -238,8 +234,6 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_includedir}/db4/db.h
 %{_includedir}/db4/db_185.h
 %{_libdir}/libdb.so
-%{_libdir}/libdb.a
-%{_libdir}/libdb-%{major}.%{minor}.a
 %{_libdir}/libdb-%{major}.so
 #% files source
 #% defattr(-,root,root)
diff --git a/libdb_java-4_8.changes b/libdb_java-4_8.changes
index 8a4fef3..f29d383 100644
--- a/libdb_java-4_8.changes
+++ b/libdb_java-4_8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 13 03:50:05 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Disable static libraries 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 22 12:08:25 UTC 2010 - rhafer@novell.com
 
diff --git a/libdb_java-4_8.spec b/libdb_java-4_8.spec
index bcfbbd5..830094c 100644
--- a/libdb_java-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb_java-4_8.spec
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mkdir ../build_nptl
 cd ../build_nptl
 ../dist/configure --prefix=%{_prefix} \
         --libdir=%{_libdir} --enable-compat185 --disable-dump185 \
-        --enable-java --enable-shared --enable-static --disable-cxx \
+        --enable-java --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-cxx \
         --with-mutex="POSIX/pthreads/library" JAVACFLAGS="-source 1.5 -target 1.5"\
         %{_target_cpu}-suse-linux
 # Make sure O_DIRECT is really disabled (build host could have old kernel)
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/*_g.so
 %{_libdir}/*-%{major}.so
-%{_libdir}/*.a
 %{_libdir}/libdb_java.so
 
 %changelog