diff --git a/core/busybox/build b/core/busybox/build
index 3e3fa98d..a32a46cd 100755
--- a/core/busybox/build
+++ b/core/busybox/build
@@ -29,19 +29,7 @@ done
 done
 
 # Set suid on busybox suid.
-chmod +s "$1/usr/bin/busybox-suid"
-
-# Build and install a statically compiled busybox.
-# This is useful for instances where the system is broken
-# and for making an initramfs.
-#
-# The sleep is required so that 'make' doesn't skip the
-# changes due to its 'mtime' checks.
-make defconfig
-sleep 1
-sed -i'' "s/.*CONFIG_STATIC.*/CONFIG_STATIC=y/" .config
-make
-install -Dm755 busybox "$1/usr/lib/busybox"
+chmod u+s "$1/usr/bin/busybox-suid"
 
 # Install runit services.
 install -Dm755 acpid.run           "$1/etc/sv/acpid/run"
diff --git a/core/busybox/checksums b/core/busybox/checksums
index 296d761f..c81d55c2 100644
--- a/core/busybox/checksums
+++ b/core/busybox/checksums
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 0e4925392fd9f3743cc517e031b68b012b24a63b0cf6c1ff03cce7bb3846cc99  busybox-1.31.0.tar.bz2
-3b53ef4e04527a511f84342620f5689bb5ce890acab710f0f00b44772589fd29  .config
-70503f9a0ab3d6be4bd2383ef92a28329140926ecdd83b9d8b3a2e09100cc083  .config-suid
+83a2d417b9d866b62752b73b20547ef911f65a6ac484b7194df5c2a49ea08072  .config
+f6dc3d467bd4ee178d92595ca1c8a58288ce8292a14a8381534aa9445acd0858  .config-suid
 6c3eb5cf839c7a31c337df0cd8388b397e1415ffa7a63e9678552c9c63dd869f  acpid.run
 814dea14ac612125e97dcc1d619219b2c9dfc14850bf48d858421fb2c98eca12  crond.run
 4a5981f4b0d791fe9b84b0b2e01ae905f6565c8245b3cd603e6decf34ddad71a  syslogd.run
diff --git a/core/busybox/files/.config b/core/busybox/files/.config
index 4e24f54b..b05402b7 100644
--- a/core/busybox/files/.config
+++ b/core/busybox/files/.config
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CONFIG_PLATFORM_LINUX=y
 #
 # Build Options
 #
-# CONFIG_STATIC is not set
+CONFIG_STATIC=y
 CONFIG_PIE=y
 # CONFIG_NOMMU is not set
 # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX is not set
diff --git a/core/busybox/files/.config-suid b/core/busybox/files/.config-suid
index c0bd9eab..5cce4e69 100644
--- a/core/busybox/files/.config-suid
+++ b/core/busybox/files/.config-suid
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG=y
 #
 # Build Options
 #
-# CONFIG_STATIC is not set
-# CONFIG_PIE is not set
+CONFIG_STATIC=y
+CONFIG_PIE=y
 # CONFIG_NOMMU is not set
 # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_LIBBUSYBOX_STATIC is not set
diff --git a/core/busybox/version b/core/busybox/version
index 35b616c1..d63b9be1 100644
--- a/core/busybox/version
+++ b/core/busybox/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.31.0 3
+1.31.0 4