diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37412c3..9c840c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,16 +49,13 @@ scripts/%: scripts/%.in
 
 scripts: scripts/beesd scripts/beesd@.service
 
-install_libs: lib
-	install -Dm644 lib/libcrucible.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIB_PREFIX)/libcrucible.so
-
 install_tools: ## Install support tools + libs
-install_tools: install_libs src
+install_tools: src
 	install -Dm755 bin/fiemap $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/fiemap
 	install -Dm755 bin/fiewalk $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin/fiewalk
 
 install_bees: ## Install bees + libs
-install_bees: install_libs src $(RUN_INSTALL_TESTS)
+install_bees: src $(RUN_INSTALL_TESTS)
 	install -Dm755 bin/bees	$(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC_PREFIX)/bees
 
 install_scripts: ## Install scipts
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 7958e2c..612b6ba 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ packages.
 Build from source
 -----------------
 
-Build with `make`. The build produces `bin/bees` and `lib/libcrucible.so`,
-which must be copied to somewhere in `$PATH` and `$LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
-on the target system respectively.
+Build with `make`. The build produces `bin/bees` which must be copied
+to somewhere in `$PATH` on the target system respectively.
 
 It will also generate `scripts/beesd@.service` for systemd users. This
 service makes use of a helper script `scripts/beesd` to boot the service.
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 3c3ccea..82e62a5 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TAG ?= $(shell git describe --always --dirty || echo UNKNOWN)
 
-default: libcrucible.so
-%.so: Makefile
+default: libcrucible.a
+%.a: Makefile
 
 CRUCIBLE_OBJS = \
 	chatter.o \
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ depends.mk: $(CRUCIBLE_OBJS:%.o=.depends/%.dep)
 include depends.mk
 
 %.o: %.cc ../makeflags
-	$(CXX) $(BEES_CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(BEES_CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
-libcrucible.so: $(CRUCIBLE_OBJS) .version.o
-	$(CXX) $(BEES_LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $^ -luuid
+libcrucible.a: $(CRUCIBLE_OBJS) .version.o
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
diff --git a/makeflags b/makeflags
index 2afa254..c5b6951 100644
--- a/makeflags
+++ b/makeflags
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CCFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O3
 # Debug:
 # CCFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Werror -O0 -ggdb
 
-CCFLAGS += -I../include -fpic -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+CCFLAGS += -I../include -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
 BEES_CFLAGS   = $(CCFLAGS) -std=c99 $(CFLAGS)
 BEES_CXXFLAGS = $(CCFLAGS) -std=c++11 -Wold-style-cast $(CXXFLAGS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index dbe9f9e..90cbaad 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ all: $(BEES) $(PROGRAMS)
 
 include ../makeflags
 
-LIBS = -lcrucible -lpthread
+LIBS = -lcrucible -luuid -lpthread
 BEES_LDFLAGS = -L../lib $(LDFLAGS)
 
 BEES_OBJS = \
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 4c267d3..94d1331 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ FORCE:
 include ../makeflags
 
 LIBS = -lcrucible -lpthread
-BEES_LDFLAGS = -L../lib -Wl,-rpath=$(abspath ../lib) $(LDFLAGS)
+BEES_LDFLAGS = -L../lib $(LDFLAGS)
 
 .depends:
 	mkdir -p $@