diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a377eff38fbe06..602cf5220e4834 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ jobs:
             -DLLAMA_CURL=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
-            -DGGML_RPC=ON \
-            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
           cmake --build . --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
 
       - name: Test
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@ jobs:
             -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
             -DLLAMA_CURL=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL=OFF \
-            -DGGML_RPC=ON \
-            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON
           cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
 
       - name: Test
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake .. -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON -DLLAMA_CURL=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+          cmake .. -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON -DLLAMA_CURL=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON
           cmake --build . --config Release -j $(nproc)
 
       - name: Test
@@ -651,23 +649,23 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
           - build: 'noavx-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX=OFF -DGGML_AVX2=OFF -DGGML_FMA=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX=OFF -DGGML_AVX2=OFF -DGGML_FMA=OFF'
           - build: 'avx2-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON'
           - build: 'avx-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX2=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX2=OFF'
           - build: 'avx512-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX512=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_AVX512=ON'
           - build: 'openblas-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_BLAS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/include" -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/lib/openblas.lib"'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/include" -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/lib/openblas.lib"'
           - build: 'kompute-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_KOMPUTE=ON -DKOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_VULKAN_VERSION_CHECK=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_KOMPUTE=ON -DKOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_VULKAN_VERSION_CHECK=ON'
           - build: 'vulkan-x64'
-            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_VULKAN=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON -DGGML_VULKAN=ON'
           - build: 'llvm-arm64'
-            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-llvm.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-llvm.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON'
           - build: 'msvc-arm64'
-            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-msvc.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-msvc.cmake -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=O'
           - build: 'llvm-arm64-opencl-adreno'
             defines: '-G "Ninja Multi-Config" -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=cmake/arm64-windows-llvm.cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/opencl-arm64-release" -DGGML_OPENCL=ON -DGGML_OPENCL_USE_ADRENO_KERNELS=ON'
 
@@ -914,7 +912,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: cmd
         run: |
           call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
-          cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON
+          cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja Multi-Config" -DGGML_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DGGML_CUDA=ON -DGGML_RPC=ON
           set /A NINJA_JOBS=%NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%-1
           cmake --build build --config Release -j %NINJA_JOBS% -t ggml
           cmake --build build --config Release