diff --git a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
index ccac823..a6486e8 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BasicConfig.cmake
@@ -518,9 +518,6 @@ if (CLANG_SOURCE_BASED_COVERAGE_ENABLED)
     if (NOT CMAKE_HOST_UNIX OR NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Source-based coverage only available under UNIX with Clang")
     endif ()
-    if (NOT META_PROJECT_TYPE STREQUAL "application" AND DISABLE_SHARED_LIBS)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Source-based coverage not available when only building static libs")
-    endif ()
     set(CLANG_SOURCE_BASED_COVERAGE_AVAILABLE YES)
     set(CLANG_SOURCE_BASED_COVERAGE_FLAGS -fprofile-instr-generate -fcoverage-mapping)
     list(APPEND META_PRIVATE_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${CLANG_SOURCE_BASED_COVERAGE_FLAGS})