diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c5d9bd..73e28aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Sometimes I use the generated project files. There are a couple of CMake options
 | flag | default | does |
 |------|---------|------|
 | `ENABLE_IO_THREAD` | `ON` | When enabled, we start up a thread to do io processing, if disabled you should call `Discord_UpdateConnection` yourself.
-| `BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB` | `OFF` | Build library as a DLL
+| `BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` | `OFF` | Build library as a DLL
 
 You can also try the `build.py` script for an easy compile for whatever OS you are on.
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 6d984a9..cbc7396 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ def main(clean):
         generator64 = 'Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64'
 
         build_lib('win32-static', generator32, {})
-        build_lib('win32-dynamic', generator32, {'BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB': True})
+        build_lib('win32-dynamic', generator32, {'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS': True})
         build_lib('win64-static', generator64, {})
-        build_lib('win64-dynamic', generator64, {'BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB': True})
+        build_lib('win64-dynamic', generator64, {'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS': True})
 
         # todo: this in some better way
         src_dll = os.path.join(SCRIPT_PATH, 'builds', 'win64-dynamic', 'src', 'Release', 'discord-rpc.dll')
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def main(clean):
         shutil.copy(src_dll, dst_dll)
     elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
         build_lib('osx-static', None, {})
-        build_lib('osx-dynamic', None, {'BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB': True})
+        build_lib('osx-dynamic', None, {'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS': True})
 
     create_archive()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fa516d5..3b96961 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 option(ENABLE_IO_THREAD "Start up a separate I/O thread, otherwise I'd need to call an update function" ON)
-option(BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB "Build library as a DLL" OFF)
 
 set(BASE_RPC_SRC
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/discord-rpc.h
@@ -16,19 +15,16 @@ set(BASE_RPC_SRC
     msg_queue.h
 )
 
-if (${BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB})
-    set(RPC_LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
+if (${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
     if(WIN32)
         set(BASE_RPC_SRC ${BASE_RPC_SRC} dllmain.cpp)
     endif(WIN32)
-else(${BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB})
-    set(RPC_LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
-endif(${BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB})
+endif(${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 
 if(WIN32)
     add_definitions(-DDISCORD_WINDOWS)
     set(BASE_RPC_SRC ${BASE_RPC_SRC} connection_win.cpp discord_register_win.cpp)
-    add_library(discord-rpc ${RPC_LIBRARY_TYPE} ${BASE_RPC_SRC})
+    add_library(discord-rpc ${BASE_RPC_SRC})
     if (MSVC)
     target_compile_options(discord-rpc PRIVATE /EHsc
         /MT
@@ -60,7 +56,7 @@ if(UNIX)
         set(BASE_RPC_SRC ${BASE_RPC_SRC} discord_register_linux.cpp)
     endif(APPLE)
 
-    add_library(discord-rpc ${RPC_LIBRARY_TYPE} ${BASE_RPC_SRC})
+    add_library(discord-rpc ${BASE_RPC_SRC})
     target_link_libraries(discord-rpc PUBLIC pthread)
     target_compile_options(discord-rpc PRIVATE
         -g
@@ -91,10 +87,10 @@ if (NOT ${ENABLE_IO_THREAD})
     target_compile_definitions(discord-rpc PUBLIC -DDISCORD_DISABLE_IO_THREAD)
 endif (NOT ${ENABLE_IO_THREAD})
 
-if (${BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB})
+if (${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
     target_compile_definitions(discord-rpc PUBLIC -DDISCORD_DYNAMIC_LIB)
     target_compile_definitions(discord-rpc PRIVATE -DDISCORD_BUILDING_SDK)
-endif(${BUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB})
+endif(${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 
 add_dependencies(discord-rpc clangformat)