diff --git a/abuild.in b/abuild.in
index 43adc7d..8483cf8 100644
--- a/abuild.in
+++ b/abuild.in
@@ -1771,17 +1771,12 @@ default_static() {
 
 	# search for -dev package matching our prefix
 	if [ -z "$depends_static" ]; then
-		# remove common suffixes to get our prefix
-		for devpkg in \
-		    "${subpkgname%-static}" \
-		    "${subpkgname%-libs-static}" \
-		    ;
-		do
-			devpkg="$devpkg-dev"
-			if subpackages_has "$devpkg"; then
-				depends_static="$devpkg"
-			fi
-		done
+		devpkg="${subpkgname%-libs-static}"
+		devpkg="${devpkg%-static}"
+		devpkg="$devpkg-dev"
+		if subpackages_has "$devpkg"; then
+			depends_static="$devpkg"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	depends="$depends_static"