diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index a6fb8324a0..92f7526bfa 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -1380,6 +1380,10 @@ foreach (keys %useradd) {
 # At this point, we can forget everything about %user and %useradd,
 # because it's now all been merged into the corresponding $config entry
 
+if (grep { $_ =~ /(?:^|\s)-static(?:\s|$)/ } @{$config{LDFLAGS}}) {
+    disable('static', 'pic', 'threads');
+}
+
 # Allow overriding the build file name
 $config{build_file} = env('BUILDFILE') || $target{build_file} || "Makefile";
 
@@ -1668,10 +1672,6 @@ if ($strict_warnings)
                 }
         }
 
-if (grep { $_ =~ /(?:^|\s)-static(?:\s|$)/ } @{$config{LDFLAGS}}) {
-    disable('static', 'pic', 'threads');
-}
-
 $config{CFLAGS} = [ map { $_ eq '--ossl-strict-warnings'
                               ? @strict_warnings_collection
                               : ( $_ ) }