diff --git a/slang.spec b/slang.spec
index 274af65..1bb03e0 100644
--- a/slang.spec
+++ b/slang.spec
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Patch2: slang-sighuptest.patch
 URL: http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/
 BuildRequires: libpng-devel pcre-devel zlib-devel
 %{?with_oniguruma:BuildRequires: oniguruma-devel}
+# static removed in 2.3.1a-3
+Obsoletes: slang-static < 2.3.1a-3
 
 %description
 S-Lang is an interpreted language and a programming library.  The
@@ -55,15 +57,6 @@ you write S-Lang based applications is also included.
 Install the slang-devel package if you want to develop applications
 based on the S-Lang extension language.
 
-%package static
-Summary: The static library for the S-Lang extension language
-Group: Development/Libraries
-Requires: %{name}-devel%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
-
-%description static
-This package includes static library for the S-Lang extension
-language.
-
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch1 -p1 -b .perms
@@ -85,11 +78,12 @@ head -n -1800 < changes.txt > changes.txt_ && tail -n 1800 < changes.txt | \
 
 # fails with %{?_smp_mflags}
 # install_doc_dir sets SLANG_DOC_DIR macro
-make RPATH="" install_doc_dir=%{_pkgdocdir} all static
+make RPATH="" install_doc_dir=%{_pkgdocdir} all
 
 %install
 make install-all INSTALL="install -p" RPATH="" DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_docdir}/{slang,slsh}
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libslang.a
 
 mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_includedir}/slang
 for h in slang.h slcurses.h; do
@@ -124,9 +118,6 @@ make check
 %{_includedir}/sl*.h
 %{_includedir}/slang
 
-%files static
-%{_libdir}/libslang*.a
-
 %changelog
 * Sat Feb 11 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.3.1a-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild