diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f22ba83a..3a154582 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set(Darknet_PATCH_VERSION 0)
 set(Darknet_VERSION ${Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_MINOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_PATCH_VERSION})
 
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Create verbose makefile")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "TRUE" CACHE BOOL "Create darklib as a shared library")
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
   set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "")
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index 0fd60a93..478d803e 100755
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
 
 $number_of_build_workers=8
-$create_shared_lib="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON"
 $force_using_include_libs=$false
 
 #$my_cuda_compute_model=75    #Compute capability for Tesla T4, RTX 2080
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ if ($vcpkg_path) {
   # DEBUG
   New-Item -Path .\build_win_debug -ItemType directory -Force
   Set-Location build_win_debug
-  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$vcpkg_path\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=$vcpkg_triplet" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" $create_shared_lib $additional_build_setup ..
+  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$vcpkg_path\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=$vcpkg_triplet" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug" $additional_build_setup ..
   cmake --build . --config Debug --target install
   #cmake --build . --config Debug --parallel ${number_of_build_workers} --target install  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
   Remove-Item DarknetConfig.cmake
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ if ($vcpkg_path) {
   # RELEASE
   New-Item -Path .\build_win_release -ItemType directory -Force
   Set-Location build_win_release
-  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$vcpkg_path\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=$vcpkg_triplet" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" $create_shared_lib $additional_build_setup ..
+  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$vcpkg_path\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake" "-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=$vcpkg_triplet" "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" $additional_build_setup ..
   cmake --build . --config Release --target install
   #cmake --build . --config Release --parallel ${number_of_build_workers} --target install  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
   Remove-Item DarknetConfig.cmake
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ else {
   # if you want to manually force this case, remove VCPKG_ROOT env variable and remember to use "vcpkg integrate remove" in case you had enabled user-wide vcpkg integration
   New-Item -Path .\build_win_release_novcpkg -ItemType directory -Force
   Set-Location build_win_release_novcpkg
-  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" $create_shared_lib $additional_build_setup ..
+  cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" -T "host=x64" -A "x64" $additional_build_setup ..
   cmake --build . --config Release --target install
   #cmake --build . --config Release --parallel ${number_of_build_workers} --target install  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
   Remove-Item DarknetConfig.cmake
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index f74351d1..7c0a41ef 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-number_of_build_workers=8
-create_shared_lib="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON"
-
+## by default darknet is built with CC 3.0 if cuda is found. Uncomment another CC (only one!) if you prefer a different choice
 #my_cuda_compute_model=75    #Compute capability for Tesla T4, RTX 2080
 #my_cuda_compute_model=72    #Compute capability for Jetson Xavier
 #my_cuda_compute_model=70    #Compute capability for Tesla V100
@@ -15,6 +13,8 @@ create_shared_lib="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON"
 #my_cuda_compute_model=35    #Compute capability for Tesla K20/K40
 #my_cuda_compute_model=30    #Compute capability for Tesla K10, Quadro K4000
 
+number_of_build_workers=8
+
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
   OpenCV_DIR="/usr/local/Cellar/opencv@3/3.4.5"
   additional_defines="-DOpenCV_DIR=${OpenCV_DIR}"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 # RELEASE
 mkdir -p build_release
 cd build_release
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${additional_defines} ${create_shared_lib} ${additional_build_setup}
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ${additional_defines} ${additional_build_setup}
 cmake --build . --target install -- -j${number_of_build_workers}
 #cmake --build . --target install --parallel ${number_of_build_workers}  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
 rm -f DarknetConfig.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ cp cmake/Modules/*.cmake share/darknet
 # DEBUG
 mkdir -p build_debug
 cd build_debug
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${additional_defines} ${create_shared_lib} ${additional_build_setup}
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ${additional_defines} ${additional_build_setup}
 cmake --build . --target install -- -j${number_of_build_workers}
 #cmake --build . --target install --parallel ${number_of_build_workers}  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
 rm -f DarknetConfig.cmake