diff --git a/package/libdex/Config.in b/package/libdex/Config.in
index 5f94a79b73..17abc0b02a 100644
--- a/package/libdex/Config.in
+++ b/package/libdex/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDEX
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, gettext
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_UCONTEXT || \
 		BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUCONTEXT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -16,8 +17,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDEX
 
 	  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdex
 
-comment "libdex needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, ucontext"
+comment "libdex needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library, ucontext"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_UCONTEXT || \
 			BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUCONTEXT_ARCH_SUPPORTS)
diff --git a/package/sysprof/Config.in b/package/sysprof/Config.in
index 32a5f99798..a4f53a1179 100644
--- a/package/sysprof/Config.in
+++ b/package/sysprof/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSPROF
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2, libdex, json-glib
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7 # libunwind, polkit
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNWIND_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libunwind, polkit
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libdex, libunwind, polkit
 	depends on !BR2_OPTIMIZE_FAST # polkit
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_12