diff --git a/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt b/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ae1875bc..dd79c96c6 100644
--- a/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,4 +124,5 @@ endif ()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 configure_file(${LIBYARA_SOURCE_PATH}/yara.pc.in
-        ${LIBYARA_SOURCE_PATH}/yara.pc @ONLY)
\ No newline at end of file
+        ${LIBYARA_SOURCE_PATH}/yara.pc @ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
\ No newline at end of file