diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6194898e..b376f288 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ include(FeatureSummary)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 OPTION(ENABLE_EXAMPLES "Should the examples be built" ON)
 
-SET(LIBRARY_TYPE "DYNAMIC" CACHE STRING "Should the library be STATIC or DYNAMIC")
-SET_PROPERTY(CACHE LIBRARY_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS DYNAMIC STATIC)
-IF(WIN32)
-	SET(LIBRARY_TYPE "STATIC")
-ENDIF()
-
 # Qt is required for building the tests, the example and optionally for bundling the documentation
 find_package(Qt5Test 5.2)
 find_package(Qt5OpenGL 5.2)
@@ -110,7 +104,6 @@ feature_summary(WHAT ALL)
 MESSAGE(STATUS "")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Summary")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "-------")
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Library type:        " ${LIBRARY_TYPE})
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Build examples:      " ${BUILD_EXAMPLES})
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Build tests:         " ${BUILD_TESTS})
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Build bindings:      " ${BUILD_BINDINGS})
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 6a4ac20d..a0f48800 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ The other available settings for PolyVox are:
 ``ENABLE_BINDINGS`` (``ON`` or ``OFF``)
 	Should the Python bindings to PolyVox be built. This requires the Python development libraries and SWIG to be installed. Defaults to ``ON``.
 
-``LIBRARY_TYPE`` (``DYNAMIC`` or ``STATIC``)
-	Choose whether static (``.a``) or dynamic libraries (``.so``) should be built. On Linux ``DYNAMIC`` is the default and on Windows ``STATIC`` is the default.
-
 ``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE`` (``Debug``, ``Release``, ``RelWithDebInfo`` or ``MinSizeRel``)
 	String option to set the type of build. This will automatically set some compilation flags such as the optimisation level or define ``NDEBUG``.