diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 03f8a8095..aa2289bac 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ if test "$TREMOR" = "yes"; then
 	TUXBOX_APPS_LIB_PKGCONFIG(VORBISIDEC,vorbisidec)
 	AC_DEFINE(USE_TREMOR,1,use libvorbisidec/tremor library)
 fi
+
+if test "$TREMOR_STATIC" = "yes"; then
+	# hack to get the static lib location from the pkg-config data
+	VORBISIDEC_LIBS="$(echo $VORBISIDEC_LIBS | sed 's@-L@@; s@ -l.*@/libvorbisidec.a@;')"
+fi
+
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_TREMOR, test "$TREMOR" = "yes")
-AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_TREMOR_STATIC, test "$TREMOR_STATIC" = "yes")
 
 TUXBOX_APPS_LIB_CONFIG(CURL,curl-config)
 TUXBOX_APPS_LIB_CONFIG(FREETYPE,freetype-config)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6001aa602..5d416bcbb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -25,14 +25,7 @@ INCLUDES += -I$(top_srcdir)/lib/libtriple
 endif
 
 if USE_TREMOR
-if USE_TREMOR_STATIC
-# i feel a guilty pleasure for those ugly hacks...
-VORBISLIBS_TMP1 = $(subst -L,,@VORBISIDEC_LIBS@)
-VORBISLIBS_TMP2 = $(subst -lvorbisidec,,$(VORBISLIBS_TMP1))
-VORBISLIBS = $(strip $(VORBISLIBS_TMP2))/libvorbisidec.a
-else
 VORBISLIBS = @VORBISIDEC_LIBS@
-endif
 else
 VORBISLIBS = -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg
 endif