@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ switch("dynlibOverride", "pcre64")
 else:
   switch("dynlibOverride", "pcre")
 
-when defined(ssl):
+when defined(ssl) and defined(static):
   switch("define", "useOpenSsl3")
   when defined(windows):
     # TODO",  change once issue nim#15220 is resolved

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ../core/utils
 
 {.compile: "../vendor/aes/libaes.c".}
 
-when defined(ssl):   
+when defined(ssl) and defined(static):   
   import
     openssl
   
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let vals = i.expect("'sym")
     let s = vals[0]
     i.push s.getString.decode.newVal
 
-  when defined(ssl):
+  when defined(ssl) and defined(static):
 
     proc hash(s: string, kind: EVP_MD, size: Natural): string =
       var hash = alloc(size)

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ../core/value,
   ../core/interpreter,
   ../core/utils
 
-when defined(ssl):
+when defined(ssl) and defined(static):
   when defined(amd64):
     when defined(windows) :
       {.passL: "-static -L"&currentSourcePath().parentDir.parentDir&"/vendor/openssl/windows/x64 -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32".}

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 ### New Features
 
-tbd
+* By default, nimble builds are no longer statically linking other libraries.
 
 ### Fixes and Improvements
 

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ " " :d-variant
     "min" :o-variant
     (variant length 0 >) (
       "-d:$# " (variant) =% @d-variant
-      "$#min" (variant) =% @o-variant
+      "min" (variant) =% @o-variant
     ) when
     "nim" required
     "Building $# - $# (x64)" (o-variant target-os) =% io.notice!
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ ) ::
 ;; Builds min (dev version) on the current OS.
 (
   symbol default
+  (==>)
+  ("release-nopack" "static" sys.os cz)
+) ::
+;; Builds min (dev version) on the current OS.
+(
+  symbol dynamic
   (==>)
   ("release-nopack" "" sys.os cz)
 ) ::