diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk b/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
index dae113895c1a..f7fa86bbec6f 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/LinkTarget.mk
@@ -745,13 +745,14 @@ $$(call gb_Output_error,\
  gb_LinkTarget_add_linked_static_libs: use gb_LinkTarget_use_static_libraries instead.)
 endef
 
+# for a StaticLibrary, dependent libraries are not actually linked in
 define gb_LinkTarget_use_static_libraries
 ifneq (,$$(filter-out $(gb_StaticLibrary_KNOWNLIBS),$(2)))
 $$(eval $$(call gb_Output_info, currently known static libraries are: $(sort $(gb_StaticLibrary_KNOWNLIBS)),ALL))
 $$(eval $$(call gb_Output_error,Cannot link against static library/libraries $$(filter-out $(gb_StaticLibrary_KNOWNLIBS),$(2)). Static libraries must be registered in Repository.mk))
 endif
 
-$(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : LINKED_STATIC_LIBS += $(2)
+$(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : LINKED_STATIC_LIBS += $(if $(filter-out StaticLibrary,$(TARGETTYPE)),$(2))
 
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_target,$(1)) : $$(foreach lib,$(2),$$(call gb_StaticLibrary_get_target,$$(lib)))
 $(call gb_LinkTarget_get_external_headers_target,$(1)) : \
diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/StaticLibrary.mk b/solenv/gbuild/StaticLibrary.mk
index dd972fdba4be..12834d8a7815 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/StaticLibrary.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/StaticLibrary.mk
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ $(eval $(foreach method,\
 	use_package \
 	use_packages \
 	use_unpacked \
+	use_static_libraries \
 	add_sdi_headers \
 	set_warnings_not_errors \
 	set_generated_cxx_suffix \