diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7bc7027..defdb11 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([static-libplist],
             [AS_HELP_STRING(["--with-static-libplist[=/path/to/static/libplist"]],
             [link against a static libplist])],
             [with_static_libplist=$withval],
-            [with_static_libplist=yes])
+            [with_static_libplist=no])
 if test "x$with_static_libplist" != "xno"; then
   if test "x$with_static_libplist" = "xyes"; then
     STATIC_LIBPLIST="`pkg-config --libs-only-L ${LIBPLIST} |sed "s/^..//; s/[ ]*$/\/${LIBPLIST}.a/"`"