diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7797bde..0e403d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1031,7 +1031,6 @@ if(USE_FOLLY_LITE)
   list(APPEND THIRDPARTY_LIBS glog)
 endif()
 
-set(ROCKSDB_STATIC_LIB rocksdb${ARTIFACT_SUFFIX})
 set(ROCKSDB_SHARED_LIB rocksdb-shared${ARTIFACT_SUFFIX})
 
 
@@ -1100,9 +1099,6 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "[^0-9: /-]+" "" GIT_DATE "${GIT_DATE}")
 set(BUILD_VERSION_CC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/build_version.cc)
 configure_file(util/build_version.cc.in ${BUILD_VERSION_CC} @ONLY)
 
-add_library(${ROCKSDB_STATIC_LIB} STATIC ${SOURCES} ${BUILD_VERSION_CC})
-target_link_libraries(${ROCKSDB_STATIC_LIB} PRIVATE
-  ${THIRDPARTY_LIBS} ${SYSTEM_LIBS})
 
 if(ROCKSDB_BUILD_SHARED)
   add_library(${ROCKSDB_SHARED_LIB} SHARED ${SOURCES} ${BUILD_VERSION_CC})
@@ -1195,13 +1191,6 @@ if(NOT WIN32 OR ROCKSDB_INSTALL_ON_WINDOWS)
 
   install(DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" COMPONENT devel DESTINATION ${package_config_destination})
 
-  install(
-    TARGETS ${ROCKSDB_STATIC_LIB}
-    EXPORT RocksDBTargets
-    COMPONENT devel
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
-    INCLUDES DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}"
-  )
 
   if(ROCKSDB_BUILD_SHARED)
     install(