diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index 04d4f9235e12f22c3ee7f012c48d43f323ea38a1..80844d3d8832b7b326411038a286cc2391b4d097 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ pub fn loadInput(self: *Elf, input: link.Input) !void {
     const target = self.getTarget();
     const debug_fmt_strip = comp.config.debug_format == .strip;
     const default_sym_version = self.default_sym_version;
-    const is_static_lib = self.base.isStaticLib();
 
     if (comp.verbose_link) {
         comp.mutex.lockUncancelable(io); // protect comp.arena
@@ -733,7 +732,11 @@ pub fn loadInput(self: *Elf, input: link.Input) !void {
         .res => unreachable,
         .dso_exact => @panic("TODO"),
         .object => |obj| try parseObject(self, obj),
-        .archive => |obj| try parseArchive(gpa, io, diags, &self.file_handles, &self.files, target, debug_fmt_strip, default_sym_version, &self.objects, obj, is_static_lib),
+        .archive => |obj| if (self.base.isStaticLib()) {
+            // Ignore static library inputs when generating a static library.
+        } else {
+            try parseArchive(gpa, io, diags, &self.file_handles, &self.files, target, debug_fmt_strip, default_sym_version, &self.objects, obj);
+        },
         .dso => |dso| try parseDso(gpa, io, diags, dso, &self.shared_objects, &self.files, target),
     }
 }
@@ -1083,7 +1086,6 @@ fn parseArchive(
     default_sym_version: elf.Versym,
     objects: *std.ArrayList(File.Index),
     obj: link.Input.Object,
-    is_static_lib: bool,
 ) !void {
     const tracy = trace(@src());
     defer tracy.end();
@@ -1092,17 +1094,14 @@ fn parseArchive(
     var archive = try Archive.parse(gpa, io, diags, file_handles, obj.path, fh);
     defer archive.deinit(gpa);
 
-    const init_alive = if (is_static_lib) true else obj.must_link;
-
     for (archive.objects) |extracted| {
         const index: File.Index = @intCast(try files.addOne(gpa));
         files.set(index, .{ .object = extracted });
         const object = &files.items(.data)[index].object;
         object.index = index;
-        object.alive = init_alive;
+        object.alive = obj.must_link;
         try object.parseCommon(gpa, io, diags, obj.path, obj.file, target);
-        if (!is_static_lib)
-            try object.parse(gpa, io, diags, obj.path, obj.file, target, debug_fmt_strip, default_sym_version);
+        try object.parse(gpa, io, diags, obj.path, obj.file, target, debug_fmt_strip, default_sym_version);
         try objects.append(gpa, index);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/link/Lld.zig b/src/link/Lld.zig
index 63b1df93c0d19823843c023c0ce185083668f013..894e21785c1ff5c5a969a12acff6538c8a752e12 100644
--- a/src/link/Lld.zig
+++ b/src/link/Lld.zig
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ fn linkAsArchive(lld: *Lld, arena: Allocator) link.Error!void {
 
     try object_files.ensureUnusedCapacity(arena, comp.link_inputs.len);
     for (comp.link_inputs) |input| switch (input) {
-        .res, .dso, .dso_exact => {}, // shared libraries should not be included in static archives
-        .object, .archive => {
+        .dso, .dso_exact, .archive => {}, // static archives should not contain shared libraries or other static archives
+        .res, .object => {
             const path = try input.path().?.toStringZ(arena);
             object_files.appendAssumeCapacity(path);
         },
diff --git a/src/link/MachO.zig b/src/link/MachO.zig
index 3dddf5f78ebc396599c14c666f4b15c082fbce0f..eb94246a43fe3b4d38d2473f5d53a9512890a20a 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO.zig
@@ -992,6 +992,11 @@ fn addArchive(self: *MachO, lib: link.Input.Object, handle: File.HandleIndex, fa
     const tracy = trace(@src());
     defer tracy.end();
 
+    if (self.base.isStaticLib()) {
+        // Ignore static library inputs when generating a static library.
+        return;
+    }
+
     const gpa = self.base.comp.gpa;
 
     var archive: Archive = .{};