diff --git a/build/platforms/BUILD.bazel b/build/platforms/BUILD.bazel
index 217350a..293af9b 100644
--- a/build/platforms/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/build/platforms/BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
-# Linux x86_64 platform with static linking
-# (i.e. Metropolis node, scratch containers...).
-platform(
-    name = "linux_amd64_static",
-    constraint_values = [
-        "@platforms//os:linux",
-        "@platforms//cpu:x86_64",
-        "//build/platforms/linkmode:musl-static",
-    ],
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
-
 platform(
     name = "remote_amd64",
     constraint_values = [
diff --git a/build/platforms/linkmode/BUILD.bazel b/build/platforms/linkmode/BUILD.bazel
index 8a7f99c..f749e9d 100644
--- a/build/platforms/linkmode/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/build/platforms/linkmode/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-package(
-    default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "bool_flag")
 
-# Minimal Metropolis node environment. No dynamic linker,
-# so everything has to be statically linked.
-constraint_value(
-    name = "musl-static",
-    constraint_setting = ":linkmode",
-)
-
-constraint_setting(
-    name = "linkmode",
+bool_flag(
+    name = "static",
+    build_setting_default = False,
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )