--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ifneq ($(filter $(shell uname),FreeBSD NetBSD DragonFly),)
 	PCLIBDIR := $(PREFIX)/libdata/pkgconfig
 endif

-all: libtree-sitter.a libtree-sitter.$(SOEXT) tree-sitter.pc
+all: libtree-sitter.$(SOEXT) tree-sitter.pc

 libtree-sitter.a: $(OBJ)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ clean:
 install: all
 	install -d '$(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)'/tree_sitter '$(DESTDIR)$(PCLIBDIR)' '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'
 	install -m644 lib/include/tree_sitter/api.h '$(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)'/tree_sitter/api.h
 	install -m644 tree-sitter.pc '$(DESTDIR)$(PCLIBDIR)'/tree-sitter.pc
-	install -m644 libtree-sitter.a '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter.a
 	install -m755 libtree-sitter.$(SOEXT) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter.$(SOEXTVER)
 	ln -sf libtree-sitter.$(SOEXTVER) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter.$(SOEXTVER_MAJOR)
 	ln -sf libtree-sitter.$(SOEXTVER_MAJOR) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter.$(SOEXT)