--- setup.py
+++ setup.py
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@
                 include_dirs.append(e[2:])
         else:
             extra_compile_args.append(e)
-    libs = split_quoted(
-        os.popen("'%s' --libs" % CURL_CONFIG).read()+\
-        os.popen("'%s' --static-libs" % CURL_CONFIG).read())
+    libs = split_quoted(os.popen("'%s' --libs" % CURL_CONFIG).read())
     for e in libs:
         if e[:2] == "-l":
             libraries.append(e[2:])