diff --git a/tools/configure b/tools/configure
index 35f4b6d107..b1f2308a3e 100755
--- a/tools/configure
+++ b/tools/configure
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ simcc () {
         else
           echo "Your sdl-config does not know about static libs, falling back to shared library"
           sdlldopts=$($sdl --libs)
+          LDOPTS=`echo $LDOPTS | sed -e s/ -static//`
         fi
         GCCOPTS="$GCCOPTS ${sdlccopts}"
         LDOPTS="$LDOPTS ${sdlldopts}"