diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/double-conversion/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/double-conversion/default.nix
index 4d8f623b36a4..ecd5ee67cf64 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/double-conversion/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/double-conversion/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "double-conversion";
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   # Case sensitivity issue
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
index fd35b697d7c2..3e79ebe15cff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, enableShared ? true }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "6.0.0";
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DFMT_TEST=TRUE"
-    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if enableShared then "TRUE" else "FALSE"}"
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=TRUE"
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = true;
   # preCheckHook ensures the test binaries can find libfmt.so
-  preCheck = if enableShared
-             then "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"$PWD\""
-             else "";
+  preCheck = ''
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD"
+  '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Small, safe and fast formatting library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
index 7809dc088427..04846c3ab427 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glog/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, perl, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, cmake, perl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "glog";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${if static then "OFF" else "ON"}" ];
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   checkInputs = [ perl ];
   doCheck = false; # fails with "Mangled symbols (28 out of 380) found in demangle.dm"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
index 4326be597246..bbc582f581c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtest/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, cmake, ninja, fetchFromGitHub
-, static ? false }:
+{ stdenv, cmake, ninja, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gtest";
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
 
-  cmakeFlags = stdenv.lib.optional (!static) "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON";
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Google's framework for writing C++ tests";
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
index 041964bcacc2..8b23d3dadd2c 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/adapters.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ rec {
           "--enable-static"
           "--disable-shared"
         ];
+        cmakeFlags = (args.cmakeFlags or []) ++ [ "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF" ];
         mesonFlags = (args.mesonFlags or []) ++ [ "-Ddefault_library=static" ];
       });
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2d14e15261aa..3a92f608c833 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10792,7 +10792,7 @@ in
   arrayfire = callPackage ../development/libraries/arrayfire {};
 
   arrow-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/arrow-cpp ({
-    gtest = gtest.override { static = true; };
+    inherit (pkgsStatic) gtest;
   } // stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 && stdenv.cc.isGNU) {
     stdenv = overrideCC stdenv buildPackages.gcc6; # hidden symbol `__divmoddi4'
   });
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
index 40673426136a..90a097ff3a06 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/static.nix
@@ -185,21 +185,12 @@ in {
     static = true;
     twisted = null;
   };
-  double-conversion = super.double-conversion.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
   gmp = super.gmp.override {
     withStatic = true;
   };
   gflags = super.gflags.override {
     enableShared = false;
   };
-  glog = super.glog.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
-  gtest = super.gtest.override {
-    static = true;
-  };
   cdo = super.cdo.override {
     enable_all_static = true;
   };