diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/installcd-stage1.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/installcd-stage1.spec
index 994701e5..31ffd3ff 100644
--- a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/installcd-stage1.spec
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/installcd-stage1.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ livecd/use:
 	readline
 	socks5
 	ssl
-	-static
 	unicode
 	xml