diff --git a/community-mysql.spec b/community-mysql.spec
index b340547..ad89cdf 100644
--- a/community-mysql.spec
+++ b/community-mysql.spec
@@ -394,17 +394,6 @@ the MySQL sources.
 %endif
 
 
-%package          static
-Summary:          Static mysql client library
-Suggests:         %{name}-devel%{?_isa} = %{sameevr}
-
-%description      static
-MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.
-This package contains the static client library "libmysqlclient.a", that is
-required by mysql-connector-odbc package. This package should not be required
-by any other package than mysql-connector-odbc.
-
-
 %prep
 %setup -q -n mysql-%{version}
 %patch1 -p1
@@ -599,12 +588,9 @@ install -D -p -m 0644 scripts/server.cnf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/my.cnf.d/%{p
 mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess/my_safe_process %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
 ln -s ../../../../../bin/my_safe_process %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/mysql-test/lib/My/SafeProcess/my_safe_process
 
-# Do not pack those libraries
-rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql/libmysqld.a
-rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql/libmysqlservices.a
-
 # not needed in rpm package
 rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mysql_embedded
+rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql/*.a
 rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/magic
 rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/mysql.server
 rm %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{pkg_name}/mysqld_multi.server
@@ -812,9 +798,6 @@ fi
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ld.so.conf.d/*
 %endif
 
-%files static
-%{_libdir}/mysql/libmysqlclient.a
-
 %if %{with config}
 %files config
 # although the default my.cnf contains only server settings, we put it in the
@@ -994,6 +977,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 5.7.21-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+- Removed 'static' library subpackage
 
 * Sun Jan 21 2018 Norvald H. Ryeng <norvald.ryeng@oracle.com> - 5.7.21-1
 - Update to MySQL 5.7.21, for various fixes described at