diff --git a/compile_qemu_nyx.sh b/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
index 2d7ec6c466..8b236ec2bf 100755
--- a/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
+++ b/compile_qemu_nyx.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ configure_qemu()
 {
   QEMU_CONFIGURE="./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --disable-gtk --disable-docs --enable-gtk --disable-werror --disable-capstone --disable-libssh --disable-tools"
 
+  case $1 in
+    "debug_static"|"static"|"lto")
+      export LIBS="-L$PWD/capstone_v4/ -L$PWD/libxdc/ $LIBS"
+      export QEMU_CFLAGS="-I$PWD/capstone_v4/include/ -I$PWD/libxdc/ $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      error
+      ;;
+  esac
+
   case $1 in
     "dynamic")
       $QEMU_CONFIGURE --enable-nyx
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b753ee9c64..af144b6690 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6105,8 +6105,7 @@ if test "$nyx" = "yes" ; then
   CFLAGS="-DNESTED_PATCH -Wno-error=maybe-uninitialized -DQEMU_NYX -g -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 
   if test "$nyx_static" = "yes" ; then
-    LIBS="-L$PWD/capstone_v4/ -l:libcapstone.a -L$PWD/libxdc/ -l:libxdc.a -I$PWD/capstone_v4/include/ -I$PWD/libxdc/ $LIBS"
-    QEMU_INCLUDES=" -I$PWD/capstone_v4/include/ -I$PWD/libxdc/ $QEMU_INCLUDES"
+    LIBS="-l:libcapstone.a -l:libxdc.a $LIBS"
   else
     LIBS="-lcapstone -lxdc $LIBS"
   fi