diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_esl/Makefile b/src/mod/applications/mod_esl/Makefile
index 7ec7e7a47a..cbdd686149 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_esl/Makefile
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_esl/Makefile
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ BASE=../../../..
 
 ESL_DIR = $(switch_srcdir)/libs/esl
 
-LOCAL_LDFLAGS=-L$(ESL_DIR) -lesl
-LOCAL_OBJS=$(ESL_DIR)/libesl.so
-LOCAL_LIBADD=$(ESL_DIR)/libesl.so
+LOCAL_OBJS=$(ESL_DIR)/libesl.a
 LOCAL_CFLAGS=-I$(ESL_DIR)/src/include
 
 include $(BASE)/build/modmake.rules
 
-$(ESL_DIR)/libesl.so: $(ESL_DIR)/Makefile
+$(ESL_DIR)/libesl.a: $(ESL_DIR)/Makefile
 	cd $(ESL_DIR) && $(MAKE) -j1