diff --git a/source/Makefile.mk b/source/Makefile.mk
index c8d1430a6..a100e3197 100644
--- a/source/Makefile.mk
+++ b/source/Makefile.mk
@@ -304,15 +304,6 @@ else
 SILENT = @
 endif
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Set combined object CLI arg
-
-ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
-COMBINE = -r -keep_private_externs
-else
-COMBINE = -r
-endif
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set shared library CLI arg
 
diff --git a/source/plugin/Makefile b/source/plugin/Makefile
index c5a6aec41..3b816ec78 100644
--- a/source/plugin/Makefile
+++ b/source/plugin/Makefile
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ else
 wine: $(BINDIR)/CarlaVstShellBridged.dll.so $(BINDIR)/CarlaVstFxShellBridged.dll.so
 endif
 
-static: $(BINDIR)/libcarla_host-plugin.a
+static: $(OBJDIR)/carla-host-plugin.cpp.o
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -301,19 +301,6 @@ $(BINDIR)/libcarla_host-plugin$(LIB_EXT): $(OBJDIR)/carla-host-plugin.cpp.o $(LI
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-$(BINDIR)/libcarla_host-plugin.a: $(OBJDIR)/libcarla_host-plugin.o
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	@echo "Creating libcarla_host-plugin.a"
-	$(SILENT)rm -f $@
-	$(SILENT)$(AR) crs $@ $^
-
-$(OBJDIR)/libcarla_host-plugin.o: $(OBJDIR)/carla-host-plugin.cpp.o $(LIBS) $(LIBS_juce)
-	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
-	@echo "Linking libcarla-host-plugin.o"
-	$(SILENT)$(CXX) $< $(BUILD_CXX_FLAGS) $(LIBS_START) $(LIBS) $(LIBS_juce) $(LIBS_END) $(COMBINE) -o $@
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 $(BINDIR)/carla-native-plugin$(APP_EXT): $(OBJDIR)/carla-native-plugin.cpp.o $(LIBS) $(LIBS_juce)
 	-@mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
 	@echo "Linking carla-native-plugin$(APP_EXT)"