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 Unit tests
 ----------
 
-Unit tests are done by simply running ``make check``.  Currently,
-static library (enabled by default, see ``--enable-static`` configure
-option) is required to run tests.
+Unit tests are done by simply running ``make check``.
 
 Integration tests
 -----------------