diff --git a/legacy/eina/configure.ac b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
index 0b38062334..69a6ec0a4d 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/configure.ac
+++ b/legacy/eina/configure.ac
@@ -428,3 +428,10 @@ echo "Now type 'make' ('gmake' on some systems) to compile $PACKAGE,"
 echo "and then afterwards as root (or the user who will install this), type"
 echo "'make install'. Change users with 'su' or 'sudo' appropriately."
 echo
+if test "x${have_static_module}" = "xyes" ; then
+echo -e "\0033\01331;31mWarning\0033\01331;0m: You are trying to link statically one or more modules to Eina."
+echo "         You must know what you are doing, or else you will have a lot of problems."
+echo "         And dolphins will disappear from the earth."
+echo "         Think about that."
+echo
+fi
diff --git a/legacy/eina/m4/eina_check.m4 b/legacy/eina/m4/eina_check.m4
index 282c65c759..e0361cc8fb 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/m4/eina_check.m4
+++ b/legacy/eina/m4/eina_check.m4
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ if test "x${want_module}" = "xyes" -a "x${enable_module}" = "xstatic" ; then
    static_module="yes"
 fi
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to statically link $3])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([${static_module}])
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL(EINA_BUILD_[]UP, [test "x${build_module}" = "xyes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(EINA_STATIC_BUILD_[]UP, [test "x${static_module}" = "xyes"])
 
 if test "x${static_module}" = "xyes" ; then
    AC_DEFINE(EINA_STATIC_BUILD_[]UP, 1, [Set to 1 if $2 is statically built])
+   have_static_module="yes"
 fi
 
 enable_[]DOWN="no"