diff --git a/guile2/Makefile b/guile2/Makefile
index 41b1801..5bf4213 100644
--- a/guile2/Makefile
+++ b/guile2/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # modified 20/02/2012
 # author: jnbagale@gmail.com
 
+# Install libffi-dev on the host computer 
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=guile2/host
-HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=gettext/host libiconv/host gc/host 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=guile2/host 
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=gettext/host libiconv/host gc/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -53,10 +54,8 @@ endef
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-libgmp-prefix --with-libunistring-prefix --with-libltdl-prefix 
 CONFIGURE_VARS += gl_cv_func_duplocale_works=yes guile_cv_use_csqrt="no, Ben NanoNote (cross-compiling)"
 
-HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --with-libgmp-prefix --with-libunistring-prefix --with-libltdl-prefix
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --disable-shared --with-libgmp-prefix --with-libunistring-prefix --with-libltdl-prefix
 HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += PKG_CONFIG=true  LIBFFI_LIBS=-lffi BDW_GC_LIBS=-lgc 
-#					LIBFFI_CFLAGS=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include \
-					BDW_GC_CFLAGS=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include 
 
 define Build/Prepare
 	 $(call Build/Prepare/Default)
@@ -66,8 +65,7 @@ define Host/Configure
 	$(call Host/Configure/Default)
 endef
 
-## On the host, we only compile and install guile2 used for
-## bootstrapping
+## On the host, we only compile and install guile2 used for bootstrapping
 define Host/Compile
 	$(call Host/Compile/Default)
 endef
@@ -115,5 +113,5 @@ define Package/guile2/install
 
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,guile2))
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
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+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,guile2))
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