diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff36b020c..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ['v*']
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  linux-x86_64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install LLVM 19 from apt.llvm.org
-        run: |
-          wget -O llvm.sh https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
-          chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
-          sudo apt-get install -y llvm-19-dev
-
-      - name: Install build tools
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y \
-            ninja-build cmake python3 \
-            zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libzstd-dev
-
-      - name: Configure
-        run: |
-          cmake -S . -B build \
-            -G Ninja \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-19 \
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang-19 \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-19 \
-            -DCERAMIC_STATIC_LLVM=ON \
-            -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc"
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: cmake --build build
-
-      - name: Stage release tree
-        run: |
-          tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
-          name="ceramic-${tag}-linux-x86_64"
-          mkdir -p "dist/${name}/bin"
-          cp build/compiler/ceramic "dist/${name}/bin/"
-          cp -r lib-ceramic "dist/${name}/"
-          cp LICENSE LICENSE.txt README.md "dist/${name}/" 2>/dev/null || true
-          echo "ARCHIVE_NAME=${name}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Archive
-        run: |
-          cd dist
-          tar -czf "${ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz" "${ARCHIVE_NAME}"
-          sha256sum "${ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz" > "${ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz.sha256"
-
-      - name: Publish release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-        with:
-          files: |
-            dist/${{ env.ARCHIVE_NAME }}.tar.gz
-            dist/${{ env.ARCHIVE_NAME }}.tar.gz.sha256
-          draft: true
-          generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1093529df..4425198ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ if(UNIX)
     message("-- Using LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}: ${LLVM_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
     message("-- LLVM include dir: ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
-    option(CERAMIC_STATIC_LLVM "Link LLVM components statically" OFF)
-
-    if(LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB AND NOT CERAMIC_STATIC_LLVM)
+    if(LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB)
         set(LLVM_LIBS LLVM)
     else()
         llvm_map_components_to_libnames(LLVM_LIBS all)