diff --git a/include/u-boot.mk b/include/u-boot.mk
index 8c6941b88ac..509b3d76dc5 100644
--- a/include/u-boot.mk
+++ b/include/u-boot.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ UBOOT_MAKE_FLAGS = \
 	STAGING_PREFIX="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)" \
 	PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/pkgconfig" \
 	PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/pkgconfig" \
+	PKG_CONFIG_EXTRAARGS="--static" \
 	$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='')
 
 define Build/U-Boot/Target
diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-mvebu/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch b/package/boot/uboot-mvebu/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7cf6663b4..00000000000
--- a/package/boot/uboot-mvebu/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-OpenWrt links the libressl statically against mkimage, make sure all the 
-needed dependencies are added too.
-
---- a/tools/Makefile
-+++ b/tools/Makefile
-@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_MX23)$(CONFIG_MX28)$(CON
- HOSTCFLAGS_kwbimage.o += \
- 	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "")
- HOSTLDLIBS_mkimage += \
--	$(shell pkg-config --libs libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lcrypto")
-+	$(shell pkg-config --libs --static libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lpthread -lcrypto")
- 
- # OS X deprecate openssl in favour of CommonCrypto, supress deprecation
- # warnings on those systems
diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-mxs/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch b/package/boot/uboot-mxs/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 022e798f194..00000000000
--- a/package/boot/uboot-mxs/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-OpenWrt links the libressl statically against mkimage, make sure all the 
-needed dependencies are added too.
-
---- a/tools/Makefile
-+++ b/tools/Makefile
-@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ endif
- # MXSImage needs LibSSL
- ifneq ($(CONFIG_MX23)$(CONFIG_MX28)$(CONFIG_ARMADA_38X)$(CONFIG_ARMADA_39X)$(CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE),)
- HOSTLOADLIBES_mkimage += \
--	$(shell pkg-config --libs libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lcrypto")
-+	$(shell pkg-config --libs --static libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lpthread -lcrypto")
- 
- # OS X deprecate openssl in favour of CommonCrypto, supress deprecation
- # warnings on those systems
diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-zynq/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch b/package/boot/uboot-zynq/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d2e7bf168dd..00000000000
--- a/package/boot/uboot-zynq/patches/210-link-libcrypto-static.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-OpenWrt links the libressl statically against mkimage, make sure all the 
-needed dependencies are added too.
-
---- a/tools/Makefile
-+++ b/tools/Makefile
-@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_MX23)$(CONFIG_MX28)$(CON
- HOSTCFLAGS_kwbimage.o += \
- 	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "")
- HOSTLOADLIBES_mkimage += \
--	$(shell pkg-config --libs libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lcrypto")
-+	$(shell pkg-config --libs --static libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "-lssl -lpthread -lcrypto")
- 
- # OS X deprecate openssl in favour of CommonCrypto, supress deprecation
- # warnings on those systems