diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
index 57f8c36303a..1d133d8d609 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakebuildconfiguration.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ QList<ConfigModel::DataItem> CMakeBuildConfiguration::completeCMakeConfiguration
         m_completeConfigurationCache = m_buildDirManager->parsedConfiguration();
 
     CMakeConfig cache = Utils::filtered(m_completeConfigurationCache,
-                                        [](const CMakeConfigItem &i) { return i.type != CMakeConfigItem::INTERNAL; });
+                                        [](const CMakeConfigItem &i) {
+                                            return i.type != CMakeConfigItem::INTERNAL
+                                                    && i.type != CMakeConfigItem::STATIC;
+                                        });
     return Utils::transform(cache, [](const CMakeConfigItem &i) {
         ConfigModel::DataItem j;
         j.key = QString::fromUtf8(i.key);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.cpp b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.cpp
index 7f4af54338e..3a578c6cace 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ CMakeConfigItem CMakeConfigItem::fromString(const QString &s)
             t = CMakeConfigItem::BOOL;
         else if (type == QLatin1String("INTERNAL"))
             t = CMakeConfigItem::INTERNAL;
+        else if (type == QLatin1String("STATIC"))
+            t = CMakeConfigItem::STATIC;
 
         item.key = key.toUtf8();
         item.type = t;
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ CMakeConfigItem CMakeConfigItem::fromString(const QString &s)
 
 QString CMakeConfigItem::toString() const
 {
-    if (key.isEmpty())
+    if (key.isEmpty() || type == CMakeProjectManager::CMakeConfigItem::STATIC)
         return QString();
 
     QString typeStr;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.h b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.h
index 2562b924797..b11e83b7bbf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cmakeprojectmanager/cmakeconfigitem.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace CMakeProjectManager {
 
 class CMakeConfigItem {
 public:
-    enum Type { FILEPATH, PATH, BOOL, STRING, INTERNAL };
+    enum Type { FILEPATH, PATH, BOOL, STRING, INTERNAL, STATIC };
     CMakeConfigItem();
     CMakeConfigItem(const CMakeConfigItem &other);
     CMakeConfigItem(const QByteArray &k, Type t, const QByteArray &d, const QByteArray &v);