diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a653e38628..6761052856 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,11 +295,7 @@ if (CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR)
     set(INCLUDE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY "${BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
-else()
-    set(ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}")
-endif()
+set(ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}")
 
 if (ENABLE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer")