diff --git a/gnu/packages/networking.scm b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
index 789a2b43aa..f67241e1bf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/networking.scm
@@ -2505,6 +2505,7 @@ (define-public openvswitch
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags
        '("--enable-shared"
+         "--disable-static"        ; XXX still installs libopenvswitchavx512.a
          "--localstatedir=/var"
          "--with-dbdir=/var/lib/openvswitch")
        #:phases