diff --git a/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id.patch b/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b418f1393..000000000
--- a/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../udev/no_libvolume_id.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./extras/volume_id/Makefile.orig	2008-06-12 08:24:30.000000000 +0300
-+++ ./extras/volume_id/Makefile	2009-02-01 17:23:26.000000000 +0200
-@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
- 
- install-bin: all
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(libudevdir)
--	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(PROG) $(DESTDIR)$(libudevdir)/$(PROG)
--	$(MAKE) -C lib install
-+	echo $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(PROG) $(DESTDIR)$(libudevdir)/$(PROG)
-+	echo $(MAKE) -C lib install
- .PHONY: install-bin
- 
- uninstall-bin:
diff --git a/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id_so.diff b/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id_so.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index a3245d246..000000000
--- a/filesystem/udev/no_libvolume_id_so.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../udev/no_libvolume_id_so.diff
-# Copyright (C) 2008 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./extras/volume_id/lib/Makefile.orig	2008-06-12 08:24:30.000000000 +0300
-+++ ./extras/volume_id/lib/Makefile	2009-02-01 20:48:11.000000000 +0200
-@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
- 	libvolume_id.h		\
- 	util.h
- 
--all: libvolume_id.a $(SHLIB) libvolume_id.pc
-+all: libvolume_id.a libvolume_id.pc
- .PHONY: all
- .DEFAULT: all
- 
-@@ -107,14 +107,7 @@
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvolume_id.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/libvolume_id.h
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
--	$(INSTALL_LIB) $(SHLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SHLIB)
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)
--	ln -sf $(SHLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libvolume_id.so.$(SHLIB_CUR)
--ifeq ($(libdir),$(usrlibdir))
--	ln -sf $(SHLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/libvolume_id.so
--else
--	ln -sf $(libdir)/$(SHLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/libvolume_id.so
--endif
- 	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/pkgconfig
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libvolume_id.pc $(DESTDIR)$(usrlibdir)/pkgconfig/libvolume_id.pc
- .PHONY: install
diff --git a/filesystem/udev/udev.conf b/filesystem/udev/udev.conf
index 104352312..4ba622ca4 100644
--- a/filesystem/udev/udev.conf
+++ b/filesystem/udev/udev.conf
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ var_append makeopt ' ' "LD=$CC"
 
 var_append makeopt	' ' 'DEBUG=true'
 
-# FIXME: For now we have to build it static by default because of our initrd!
-#if [ "$SDECFG_STATIC" == "1" ]; then
-	var_append makeopt ' ' "VOLUME_ID_STATIC=true"
-	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$confdir/no_libvolume_id_so.diff"
-#fi
-
 # list of extra helpers to build and install
 hook_add postpatch 5 "export extras=\$( ls -1d extras/* | grep -v '\.sh' | tr '\n' ' ' )"
 var_append makeopt	' ' 'EXTRAS="$extras"'