diff --git a/sdl1/Makefile b/sdl1/Makefile
index 3c8ab972..abbed51b 100644
--- a/sdl1/Makefile
+++ b/sdl1/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ LINK		= $(CC)
 LDFLAGS		= $(LIBCURSES) $(SLIBS)
 RANLIB		= ranlib
 LIBCURSES	= pdcurses.a
-LIBCURSES_SO	= pdcurses.so
 
 DEMOS		+= sdltest
 
@@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ DEMOS		+= sdltest
 
 all:	libs
 
-libs:	$(LIBCURSES) $(LIBCURSES_SO)
+libs:	$(LIBCURSES)
 
 clean:
-	-rm -rf *.o trace $(LIBCURSES) $(LIBCURSES_SO) $(DEMOS)
+	-rm -rf *.o trace $(LIBCURSES) $(DEMOS)
 
 demos:	$(DEMOS)
 ifneq ($(DEBUG),Y)
@@ -58,9 +57,6 @@ $(LIBCURSES) : $(LIBOBJS) $(PDCOBJS)
 	ar rv $@ $?
 	-$(RANLIB) $@
 
-$(LIBCURSES_SO) : $(LIBOBJS) $(PDCOBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $? $(SLIBS)
-
 $(LIBOBJS) $(PDCOBJS) : $(PDCURSES_HEADERS)
 $(PDCOBJS) : $(PDCURSES_SDL_H)
 $(DEMOS) : $(PDCURSES_CURSES_H) $(LIBCURSES)
diff --git a/sdl1/README.md b/sdl1/README.md
index 87a74466..a9dcc546 100644
--- a/sdl1/README.md
+++ b/sdl1/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Building
 
 - On *nix (including Linux), run "make" in the sdl1 directory. There is
   no configure script (yet?) for this port. This assumes a working
-  sdl-config, and GNU make. It builds the libraries pdcurses.a and
-  pdcurses.so.
+  sdl-config, and GNU make. It builds the library pdcurses.a (dynamic
+  lib not implemented).
 
 - The makefile accepts the optional parameter "DEBUG=Y", and recognizes
   the optional PDCURSES_SRCDIR environment variable, as with the console