diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index e865777bee..403597804f 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ menu "Global build settings"
 		  instead of the default OpenWrt stubs. If uClibc is used, it is also built with locale support.
 
 	config BUILD_STATIC_TOOLS
-		default y
+		default n
 		bool "Attempt to link host utilities statically"
 		help
 		  Linking host utilities like sed or firmware-utils statically increases the portability of the