diff --git a/gnu/packages/cups.scm b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
index 1e25d545b2..b2d7b952b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ (define-public escpr
        ((srfi srfi-26)
         ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
        #:configure-flags
-       `(,(string-append "--prefix="
+       `("--disable-static"
+         ,(string-append "--prefix="
                          (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
          ,(string-append "--with-cupsfilterdir="
                          (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/lib/cups/filter")