diff --git a/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libIrrXML.a b/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libIrrXML.a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92c1baf0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libIrrXML.a
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4eb25101716011a5b4c872c5cd303c3292a61e5f661e9296d95502b5705e2e53
+size 181458
diff --git a/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.a b/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dccc7f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.a
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8cbd73a154e270cc03d3da292b2c3cc73ee473b221f43722d060dc114916d6d5
+size 7996212
diff --git a/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.so b/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.so
deleted file mode 100755
index 08aa3b9a2..000000000
--- a/Source/Platforms/Linux/Binaries/ThirdParty/x64/libassimp.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b35cfdc2b6aa4cbdf0a2aad81d5027736f9e92b1d708e3d358c31c03e679b2d1
-size 11877400
diff --git a/Source/ThirdParty/assimp/assimp.Build.cs b/Source/ThirdParty/assimp/assimp.Build.cs
index 1ae3004f1..dd6da9d7c 100644
--- a/Source/ThirdParty/assimp/assimp.Build.cs
+++ b/Source/ThirdParty/assimp/assimp.Build.cs
@@ -35,15 +35,8 @@ public class assimp : DepsModule
             options.DelayLoadLibraries.Add("assimp-vc140-md.dll");
             break;
         case TargetPlatform.Linux:
-            options.DependencyFiles.Add(Path.Combine(depsRoot, "libassimp.so"));
-            options.Libraries.Add(Path.Combine(depsRoot, "libassimp.so"));
-            if (Flax.Build.Platform.BuildTargetPlatform == TargetPlatform.Linux)
-            {
-                // Linux uses link files for shared libs versions linkage and we don't add those as they break git repo on Windows (invalid changes to stage)
-                Flax.Build.Utilities.Run("ln", "-s libassimp.so libassimp.so.4", null, depsRoot, Flax.Build.Utilities.RunOptions.None);
-                Flax.Build.Utilities.Run("ln", "-s libassimp.so libassimp.so.4.1", null, depsRoot, Flax.Build.Utilities.RunOptions.None);
-                Flax.Build.Utilities.Run("ln", "-s libassimp.so libassimp.so.4.1.0", null, depsRoot, Flax.Build.Utilities.RunOptions.None);
-            }
+            options.OutputFiles.Add(Path.Combine(depsRoot, "libassimp.a"));
+            options.OutputFiles.Add(Path.Combine(depsRoot, "libIrrXML.a"));
             break;
         default: throw new InvalidPlatformException(options.Platform.Target);
         }
diff --git a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Deps/Dependencies/Assimp.cs b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Deps/Dependencies/Assimp.cs
index abb8b47f0..1c671f4b4 100644
--- a/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Deps/Dependencies/Assimp.cs
+++ b/Source/Tools/Flax.Build/Deps/Dependencies/Assimp.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,46 @@ namespace Flax.Deps.Dependencies
         {
             var root = options.IntermediateFolder;
             var moduleFilename = "assimp.Build.cs";
+            var configs = new string[]
+            {
+                "-DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=ON",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_ASSIMP_TOOLS=OFF",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_AMF_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_AC_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_ASE_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_ASSBIN_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_ASSXML_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_DXF_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_CSM_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_HMP_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_NFF_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_NDO_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_IFC_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_FBX_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_RAW_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_TERRAGEN_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_3MF_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_STEP_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_3DS_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_BVH_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_IRRMESH_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_IRR_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MD2_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MD3_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MD5_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MDC_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MDL_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_OFF_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_COB_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_Q3D_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_Q3BSP_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_SIB_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_SMD_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_X3D_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+                "-DASSIMP_BUILD_MMD_IMPORTER=FALSE",
+            };
+            var globalConfig = string.Join(" ", configs);
 
             // Get the source
             CloneGitRepo(root, "https://github.com/FlaxEngine/assimp.git");
@@ -73,13 +113,11 @@ namespace Flax.Deps.Dependencies
                 case TargetPlatform.Linux:
                 {
                     // Build for Linux
-                    RunCmake(root, TargetPlatform.Linux, TargetArchitecture.x64, " -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DASSIMP_NO_EXPORT=ON -DASSIMP_BUILD_ASSIMP_TOOLS=OFF -DASSIMP_BUILD_TESTS=OFF");
+                    RunCmake(root, TargetPlatform.Linux, TargetArchitecture.x64, " -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF " + globalConfig);
                     Utilities.Run("make", null, null, root, Utilities.RunOptions.None);
                     var depsFolder = GetThirdPartyFolder(options, TargetPlatform.Linux, TargetArchitecture.x64);
-                    var srcName = "libassimp.so.4.1.0";
-                    var dstName = "libassimp.so";
-                    Utilities.FileCopy(Path.Combine(root, "lib", srcName), Path.Combine(depsFolder, dstName));
-                    Utilities.Run("strip", dstName, null, depsFolder, Utilities.RunOptions.None);
+                    Utilities.FileCopy(Path.Combine(root, "lib", "libassimp.a"), Path.Combine(depsFolder, "libassimp.a"));
+                    Utilities.FileCopy(Path.Combine(root, "lib", "libIrrXML.a"), Path.Combine(depsFolder, "libIrrXML.a"));
                     break;
                 }
                 }