diff --git a/gnu/packages/graph.scm b/gnu/packages/graph.scm
index 00d45bb0ce..f98073da0d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/graph.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/graph.scm
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@ intuitive way.")
      (list #:configure-flags
            #~'("-DFAISS_ENABLE_C_API=ON"
                "-DFAISS_ENABLE_GPU=OFF"     ; thanks, but no thanks, CUDA.
-               "-DFAISS_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF"
-               "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON")))
+               "-DFAISS_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF")))
     (inputs
      (list openblas))
     (native-inputs