diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 44d918c04..f3364dab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         cmake_opts:
-          - '-DCMARK_SHARED=ON'
+          - '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES'
           - ''
         compiler:
           - c: 'clang'
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         cmake_opts:
-          - '-DCMARK_SHARED=ON'
+          - '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES'
           - ''
         compiler:
           - c: 'clang'
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Build and test
       env:
-         CMAKE_OPTIONS: -DCMARK_SHARED=OFF
+         CMAKE_OPTIONS: -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=NO
       run: |
          make
          make test
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         cmake_opts:
-          - '-DCMARK_SHARED=ON'
+          - '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=YES'
           - ''
     env:
        CMAKE_OPTIONS: ${{ matrix.cmake_opts }}
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5efd2de77..4b703bb36 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ if("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Do not build in-source.\nPlease remove CMakeCache.txt and the CMakeFiles/ directory.\nThen: mkdir build ; cd build ; cmake .. ; make")
 endif()
 
-option(CMARK_STATIC "Build static libcmark library" ON)
-option(CMARK_SHARED "Build shared libcmark library" ON)
 option(CMARK_LIB_FUZZER "Build libFuzzer fuzzing harness" OFF)
 
 if(NOT MSVC)
@@ -49,13 +47,6 @@ set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN 1)
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
-# The Linux modules distributed with CMake add "-rdynamic" to the build flags
-# which is incompatible with static linking under certain configurations.
-# Unsetting CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS ensures this does not happen.
-if(CMARK_STATIC AND "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Linux")
-  SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS)
-endif()
-
 # Check integrity of node structure when compiled as debug
 add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-DCMARK_DEBUG_NODES>)
 
@@ -90,9 +81,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Windows)
   add_subdirectory(man)
 endif()
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
-  if(CMARK_SHARED OR CMARK_STATIC)
-    add_subdirectory(api_test)
-  endif()
+  add_subdirectory(api_test)
   add_subdirectory(test testdir)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/api_test/CMakeLists.txt b/api_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 987319fa2..59d0b1f9d 100644
--- a/api_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ add_executable(api_test
   main.c
 )
 cmark_add_compile_options(api_test)
-if(CMARK_SHARED)
-  target_link_libraries(api_test cmark)
-else()
-  target_link_libraries(api_test cmark_static)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(api_test PRIVATE
+  cmark)
 
 add_test(NAME api_test COMMAND api_test)
 if(WIN32)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e7bc82fd7..45ea9e297 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,64 +49,34 @@ add_executable(${PROGRAM} ${PROGRAM_SOURCES})
 cmark_add_compile_options(${PROGRAM})
 set_target_properties(${PROGRAM} PROPERTIES
   OUTPUT_NAME "cmark")
-
-if (CMARK_STATIC)
-  target_link_libraries(${PROGRAM} ${STATICLIBRARY})
-elseif (CMARK_SHARED)
-  target_link_libraries(${PROGRAM} ${LIBRARY})
-endif()
-
-if (CMARK_SHARED)
-  add_library(${LIBRARY} SHARED ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
-  cmark_add_compile_options(${LIBRARY})
-  set_target_properties(${LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
-    MACOSX_RPATH TRUE
-    OUTPUT_NAME "cmark"
-    # Avoid name clash between PROGRAM and LIBRARY pdb files.
-    PDB_NAME cmark_dll
-    # Include minor version and patch level in soname for now.
-    SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}
-    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
-  target_include_directories(${LIBRARY} INTERFACE
-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
-  add_library(cmark::cmark ALIAS ${LIBRARY})
-
-  generate_export_header(${LIBRARY}
-    BASE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
-
-  list(APPEND CMARK_INSTALL ${LIBRARY})
-endif()
-
-if (CMARK_STATIC)
-  add_library(${STATICLIBRARY} STATIC ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
-  cmark_add_compile_options(${STATICLIBRARY})
-  target_compile_definitions(${STATICLIBRARY} PUBLIC
+target_link_libraries(${PROGRAM} PRIVATE
+  cmark)
+
+add_library(${LIBRARY}
+  ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
+cmark_add_compile_options(${LIBRARY})
+set_target_properties(${LIBRARY} PROPERTIES
+  MACOSX_RPATH TRUE
+  OUTPUT_NAME "cmark"
+  # Avoid name clash between PROGRAM and LIBRARY pdb files.
+  PDB_NAME libcmark
+  POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE $<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>
+  # Include minor version and patch level in soname for now.
+  SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}
+  VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  target_compile_definitions(${LIBRARY} PUBLIC
     CMARK_STATIC_DEFINE)
-  set_target_properties(${STATICLIBRARY} PROPERTIES
-    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
-    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
-  if(MSVC)
-    set_target_properties(${STATICLIBRARY} PROPERTIES
-      OUTPUT_NAME cmark_static)
-  else()
-    set_target_properties(${STATICLIBRARY} PROPERTIES
-      OUTPUT_NAME cmark)
-  endif()
-  target_include_directories(${STATICLIBRARY} INTERFACE
-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
-  add_library(cmark::cmark_static ALIAS ${STATICLIBRARY})
+endif()
+target_include_directories(${LIBRARY} INTERFACE
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>)
 
-  if (NOT CMARK_SHARED)
-    generate_export_header(${STATICLIBRARY}
-      BASE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
-  endif()
+generate_export_header(${LIBRARY}
+  BASE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
-  list(APPEND CMARK_INSTALL ${STATICLIBRARY})
-endif()
+list(APPEND CMARK_INSTALL ${LIBRARY})
 
 install(TARGETS ${PROGRAM} ${CMARK_INSTALL}
   EXPORT cmark-targets
@@ -115,42 +85,39 @@ install(TARGETS ${PROGRAM} ${CMARK_INSTALL}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   )
 
-if(CMARK_SHARED OR CMARK_STATIC)
-  configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libcmark.pc.in
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcmark.pc @ONLY)
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcmark.pc
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
-
-  install(FILES
-    cmark.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmark_export.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmark_version.h
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    )
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libcmark.pc.in
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcmark.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcmark.pc
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
 
-  # generate cmark-config.cmake and cmark-config-version.cmake files
-  configure_package_config_file(
-    "cmarkConfig.cmake.in"
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config.cmake"
-    INSTALL_DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark")
-  write_basic_package_version_file(
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config-version.cmake"
-    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-    COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
-  # install config and version file
-  install(
-    FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config.cmake"
-          "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config-version.cmake"
-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark"
-  )
-  # install targets file
-  install(
-    EXPORT "cmark-targets"
-    NAMESPACE "cmark::"
-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark"
+install(FILES
+  cmark.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmark_export.h
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmark_version.h
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
   )
 
-endif()
+# generate cmark-config.cmake and cmark-config-version.cmake files
+configure_package_config_file(
+  "cmarkConfig.cmake.in"
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config.cmake"
+  INSTALL_DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark")
+write_basic_package_version_file(
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config-version.cmake"
+  VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+  COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion)
+# install config and version file
+install(
+  FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config.cmake"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated/cmark-config-version.cmake"
+  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark"
+)
+# install targets file
+install(
+  EXPORT "cmark-targets"
+  NAMESPACE "cmark::"
+  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/cmark"
+)
 
 if(CMARK_LIB_FUZZER)
   add_executable(cmark-fuzz ../test/cmark-fuzz.c ${LIBRARY_SOURCES})
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 56745a83c..58fbf64ed 100755
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IF (Python3_Interpreter_FOUND)
   add_test(NAME html_normalization
            COMMAND "$<TARGET_FILE:Python3::Interpreter>" -m doctest "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/normalize.py")
 
-  if (CMARK_SHARED)
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_test(NAME spectest_library
              COMMAND "$<TARGET_FILE:Python3::Interpreter>" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spec_tests.py"
                                                            --no-normalize