diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 4b8276920dc25765e4dee742f9d7df11225ba977..9ee2006621dbc799dbc6d6c32a55d1688efdba88 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -63,18 +63,7 @@ preprocessor_src = [ 'ComputingTasks.cc',
 	             'macro/Expressions.cc',
 	             'macro/Directives.cc' ]
 
-if get_option('prefer_static')
-  preprocessor_link_args = [ '-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++' ]
-  if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-    # See comment in rules for MEX files
-    preprocessor_link_args += [ '-Wl,-Bstatic', '-lssp', '-Wl,-Bdynamic',
-                                '-Wl,-Bstatic,--whole-archive', '-lwinpthread', '-Wl,-Bdynamic,--no-whole-archive' ]
-  endif
-else
-  preprocessor_link_args = []
-endif
-
 executable('dynare-preprocessor', preprocessor_src, flex_src, flexlexer_h, bison_src,
            include_directories : preprocessor_incdir, dependencies : boost_dep,
-           link_args : preprocessor_link_args,
+           link_args : [],
            install : true)