diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7bfa46..b717976 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(sdbusplus/server.hpp, ,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find sdbusplus/server.hpp...sdbusplus developement package required])])
 
 # Checks for library functions.
-LT_INIT([shared])
+LT_INIT
 
 # Check/set gtest specific functions.
 AX_PTHREAD([GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=1"],[GTEST_CPPFLAGS="-DGTEST_HAS_PTHREAD=0"])