diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 514db6624e..c3c6d59d8d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ifneq ($(PROGS),)
 INSTALL_TARGETS-yes             += install-progs install-data
 INSTALL_TARGETS-$(BUILD_DOC)    += install-man
 endif
-INSTALL_PROGS_TARGETS-$(BUILD_SHARED) = install-libs
+INSTALL_PROGS_TARGETS-$(CONFIG_SHARED) = install-libs
 
 all: $(FF_DEP_LIBS) $(PROGS) $(ALL_TARGETS-yes)
 
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 5d5d3137a8..b1277e1ba0 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ EXAMPLES  := $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(addsuffix -example$(EXESUF),$(EXAMPLES)))
 OBJS      := $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(OBJS))
 TESTPROGS := $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(addsuffix -test$(EXESUF),$(TESTPROGS)))
 
-DEP_LIBS := $(foreach NAME,$(FFLIBS),$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/lib$(NAME)/$($(BUILD_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME))
+DEP_LIBS := $(foreach NAME,$(FFLIBS),$(BUILD_ROOT_REL)/lib$(NAME)/$($(CONFIG_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME))
 
 ALLHEADERS := $(subst $(SRC_DIR)/,$(SUBDIR),$(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.h $(SRC_DIR)/$(ARCH)/*.h))
 checkheaders: $(filter-out %_template.ho,$(ALLHEADERS:.h=.ho))
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 52f9c3e503..c9c48165b6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2576,7 +2576,6 @@ echo "SHFLAGS=$SHFLAGS" >> config.mak
 echo "YASMFLAGS=$YASMFLAGS" >> config.mak
 echo "LIBOBJFLAGS=$LIBOBJFLAGS" >> config.mak
 echo "PIC=-fPIC -DPIC" >> config.mak
-echo "BUILD_STATIC=$static" >> config.mak
 echo "BUILDSUF=$build_suffix" >> config.mak
 echo "FULLNAME=$FULLNAME" >> config.mak
 echo "LIBPREF=$LIBPREF" >> config.mak
@@ -2623,7 +2622,6 @@ get_version LIBAVUTIL   libavutil/avutil.h
 get_version LIBAVFILTER libavfilter/avfilter.h
 
 if enabled shared; then
-    echo "BUILD_SHARED=yes" >> config.mak
     echo "LIBTARGET=${LIBTARGET}" >> config.mak
     echo "SLIBNAME=${SLIBNAME}" >> config.mak
     echo "SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION=${SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION}" >> config.mak
diff --git a/subdir.mak b/subdir.mak
index 4824bc646e..ada6e53763 100644
--- a/subdir.mak
+++ b/subdir.mak
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include $(SUBDIR)../common.mak
 LIBVERSION := $(lib$(NAME)_VERSION)
 LIBMAJOR   := $(lib$(NAME)_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_STATIC),yes)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_STATIC),yes)
 all: $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
 
 install-libs: install-lib$(NAME)-static
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif
 
 INCINSTDIR := $(INCDIR)/lib$(NAME)
 
-THIS_LIB := $(SUBDIR)$($(BUILD_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME)
+THIS_LIB := $(SUBDIR)$($(CONFIG_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME)
 
 define RULES
 $(SUBDIR)%$(EXESUF): $(SUBDIR)%.o
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ distclean:: clean
 	rm -f  $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),$(DISTCLEANSUFFIXES)) \
             $(addprefix $(SUBDIR), $(foreach suffix,$(DISTCLEANSUFFIXES),$(addsuffix /$(suffix),$(DIRS))))
 
-ifdef BUILD_SHARED
+ifdef CONFIG_SHARED
 all: $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME)
 
 install-libs: install-lib$(NAME)-shared