diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index c721d76f18..2effd587b4 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@ option(GGML_CUDA_FA                         "ggml: compile ggml FlashAttention C
 option(GGML_CUDA_FA_ALL_QUANTS              "ggml: compile all quants for FlashAttention"     OFF)
 option(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS                     "ggml: use CUDA graphs (llama.cpp only)"          ${GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT})
 option(GGML_CUDA_NCCL                       "ggml: use NVIDIA Collective Comm. Library"       ON)
-option(GGML_CUDA_NCCL_STATIC               "ggml: link NCCL statically (ON) or dynamically (OFF)" OFF)
 set   (GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE "size" CACHE STRING
                                             "ggml: cuda link binary compression mode; requires cuda 12.8+")
 set_property(CACHE GGML_CUDA_COMPRESSION_MODE PROPERTY STRINGS "none;speed;balance;size")
diff --git a/ggml/cmake/FindNCCL.cmake b/ggml/cmake/FindNCCL.cmake
index 674ecddd25..67511e2d56 100644
--- a/ggml/cmake/FindNCCL.cmake
+++ b/ggml/cmake/FindNCCL.cmake
@@ -1,52 +1,16 @@
 # cmake/FindNCCL.cmake
 
-# NVIDIA does not distribute CMake files with NCCL, therefore use this file to find it instead.
-#
-# Inputs:
-#   NCCL_ROOT        — root of an NCCL installation or source build tree
-#   NCCL_STATIC      — if ON, prefer the static library and search cmake/lib/Release (or Debug);
-#                      if OFF (default), prefer the shared/import library and search cmake/src/Release
-
-if(NCCL_STATIC)
-    # cmake source-build layout: cmake/lib/<Config>/nccl_static.lib (or nccl.lib)
-    set(_nccl_lib_names nccl_static nccl)
-    set(_nccl_extra_lib_hints
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/lib/Release"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/lib/Debug"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/lib"
-    )
-else()
-    # cmake source-build layout: cmake/src/<Config>/nccl.lib (import lib for nccl.dll)
-    set(_nccl_lib_names nccl)
-    set(_nccl_extra_lib_hints
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src/Release"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src/Debug"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src"
-    )
-endif()
+# NVIDIA does not distribute CMake files with NCCl, therefore use this file to find it instead.
 
 find_path(NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES nccl.h
-    HINTS
-        ${NCCL_ROOT}
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src/Release"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src/Debug"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake/src"
-        "${NCCL_ROOT}/cmake"
-        $ENV{NCCL_ROOT}
-        $ENV{CUDA_HOME}
-        /usr/local/cuda
-    PATH_SUFFIXES include src/include
+    HINTS ${NCCL_ROOT} $ENV{NCCL_ROOT} $ENV{CUDA_HOME} /usr/local/cuda
+    PATH_SUFFIXES include
 )
 
 find_library(NCCL_LIBRARY
-    NAMES ${_nccl_lib_names}
-    HINTS
-        ${_nccl_extra_lib_hints}
-        ${NCCL_ROOT}
-        $ENV{NCCL_ROOT}
-        $ENV{CUDA_HOME}
-        /usr/local/cuda
+    NAMES nccl
+    HINTS ${NCCL_ROOT} $ENV{NCCL_ROOT} $ENV{CUDA_HOME} /usr/local/cuda
     PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64
 )
 
@@ -61,11 +25,7 @@ if(NCCL_FOUND)
     set(NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
     if(NOT TARGET NCCL::NCCL)
-        if(NCCL_STATIC)
-            add_library(NCCL::NCCL STATIC IMPORTED)
-        else()
-            add_library(NCCL::NCCL UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-        endif()
+        add_library(NCCL::NCCL UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
         set_target_properties(NCCL::NCCL PROPERTIES
             IMPORTED_LOCATION "${NCCL_LIBRARY}"
             INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR}"
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d94873c1a..b54d4a6b10 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
     endif()
 
     if (GGML_CUDA_NCCL)
-        if (GGML_CUDA_NCCL_STATIC)
-            set(NCCL_STATIC ON)
-        endif()
         find_package(NCCL)
         if (NCCL_FOUND)
             add_compile_definitions(GGML_USE_NCCL)