diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c64b60759..768a435d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,13 +190,22 @@ install(FILES cmake/Modules/FindSFML.cmake DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MISC_DIR}/cmake
 install(FILES license.txt DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MISC_DIR})
 install(FILES readme.txt DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MISC_DIR})
 
+# install 3rd-party libraries and tools on Windows and OS X
 if(SFML_OS_WINDOWS)
     if(ARCH_32BITS)
-        install(FILES extlibs/bin/x86/libsndfile-1.dll DESTINATION bin)
-        install(FILES extlibs/bin/x86/openal32.dll DESTINATION bin)
+        install(DIRECTORY extlibs/bin/x86/ DESTINATION bin)
+        if(SFML_COMPILER_MSVC)
+            install(DIRECTORY extlibs/libs-msvc/x86/ DESTINATION lib)
+        else()
+            install(DIRECTORY extlibs/libs-mingw/x86/ DESTINATION lib)
+        endif()
     elseif(ARCH_64BITS)
-        install(FILES extlibs/bin/x64/libsndfile-1.dll DESTINATION bin)
-        install(FILES extlibs/bin/x64/openal32.dll DESTINATION bin)
+        install(DIRECTORY extlibs/bin/x64/ DESTINATION bin)
+        if(SFML_COMPILER_MSVC)
+            install(DIRECTORY extlibs/libs-msvc/x64/ DESTINATION lib)
+        else()
+            install(DIRECTORY extlibs/libs-mingw/x64/ DESTINATION lib)
+        endif()
     endif()
 elseif(SFML_OS_MACOSX)
     install(DIRECTORY extlibs/libs-osx/Frameworks/sndfile.framework DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FRAMEWORK_PREFIX})
diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index cbced5843..ddc992fd6 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -1,57 +1,5 @@
 include(CMakeParseArguments)
 
-# this macro adds external dependencies to a static target,
-# compensating for the lack of a link step when building a static library.
-# every compiler has its own way of doing it:
-# - VC++ supports it directly through the static library flags
-# - MinGW/gcc doesn't support it, but as a static library is nothing more than an archive,
-#   we can simply merge the external dependencies to our generated target as a post-build step
-# - for other compilers and OSes, static build is not encouraged so we don't try to
-#   pre-link dependencies, we just "link" them so that the SFML samples can compile
-#   out-of-the-box (CMake forwards the dependencies automatically)
-macro(sfml_static_add_libraries target)
-    if(SFML_OS_WINDOWS AND SFML_COMPILER_GCC)
-        # Windows - gcc
-        foreach(lib ${ARGN})
-            if(NOT ${lib} MATCHES ".*/.*")
-                string(REGEX REPLACE "(.*)/bin/.*\\.exe" "\\1" STANDARD_LIBS_PATH "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}")
-                if(SFML_COMPILER_GCC_W64)
-                    set(lib "${STANDARD_LIBS_PATH}/${GCC_MACHINE}/lib/lib${lib}.a")
-                else()
-                    set(lib "${STANDARD_LIBS_PATH}/lib/lib${lib}.a")
-                endif()
-            endif()
-            string(TOUPPER ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} BUILD_TYPE)
-            get_target_property(TARGET_FILENAME ${target} ${BUILD_TYPE}_LOCATION)
-            add_custom_command(TARGET ${target}
-                               POST_BUILD
-                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} x ${lib}
-                               COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} rcs ${TARGET_FILENAME} *.o
-                               COMMAND del *.o /f /q
-                               VERBATIM)
-        endforeach()
-    elseif(SFML_COMPILER_MSVC)
-        # Visual C++
-        set(LIBRARIES "")
-        foreach(lib ${ARGN})
-            if(NOT ${lib} MATCHES ".*\\.lib")
-                set(lib ${lib}.lib)
-            endif()
-            if(MSVC_IDE AND SFML_MSVC_VERSION LESS 10)
-                # for Visual Studio projects < 10, we must add double quotes
-                # around paths because they may contain spaces
-                set(LIBRARIES "${LIBRARIES} &quot\\;${lib}&quot\\;")
-            else()
-                set(LIBRARIES "${LIBRARIES} \"${lib}\"")
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
-        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS ${LIBRARIES})
-    else()
-        # All other platforms
-        target_link_libraries(${target} ${ARGN})
-    endif()
-endmacro()
-
 # add a new target which is a SFML library
 # ex: sfml_add_library(sfml-graphics
 #                      SOURCES sprite.cpp image.cpp ...
@@ -138,14 +86,7 @@ macro(sfml_add_library target)
 
     # link the target to its external dependencies
     if(THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS)
-        if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-            # in shared build, we use the regular linker commands
-            target_link_libraries(${target} ${THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
-        else()
-            # in static build there's no link stage, but with some compilers it is possible to force
-            # the generated static library to directly contain the symbols from its dependencies
-            sfml_static_add_libraries(${target} ${THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
-        endif()
+        target_link_libraries(${target} ${THIS_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
     endif()
 
     # add the install rule
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
index aefc48e5d..ca11e1b09 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,13 +110,9 @@ endif()
 include_directories(${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GLEW_INCLUDE_PATH} ${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR} ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 # build the list of libraries to link
-# GL and X11 are only needed for shared build, as they are already linked by sfml-window
-set(GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARY} ${JPEG_LIBRARY})
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS} ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY})
-    if(SFML_OS_LINUX)
-        set(GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS} ${X11_LIBRARIES})
-    endif()
+set(GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARY} ${JPEG_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY})
+if(SFML_OS_LINUX)
+    set(GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS ${GRAPHICS_EXT_LIBS} ${X11_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 # add preprocessor symbols