diff --git a/package/ne10/ne10.mk b/package/ne10/ne10.mk
index 3946605556..ce0f7e7b77 100644
--- a/package/ne10/ne10.mk
+++ b/package/ne10/ne10.mk
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ define NE10_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(NE10_INSTALL_STAGING_SHARED_LIB)
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),)
 define NE10_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	cp -dpf $(@D)/modules/libNE10*.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
 endef
+endif
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))