diff --git a/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/meta.yaml b/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/meta.yaml
index 2ed106374b726..e1f67d2619dea 100644
--- a/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/meta.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ requirements:
     - grep >=3.4
 
 build:
-  number: 2
+  number: 3
   skip: True  # [not linux or not x86_64]
   run_exports:
     - {{ pin_compatible('ncbi-fcs-gx', max_pin="0.5") }}
diff --git a/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/no_static.patch b/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/no_static.patch
index 3d09172fa9770..8d8e22f22579e 100644
--- a/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/no_static.patch
+++ b/recipes/ncbi-fcs-gx/no_static.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-index b2d24ff..007a3ac 100644
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
+ set(gx_VERSION_MINOR 0)
  
- set_source_files_properties(main.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DGIT_REVISION=`../../build-support/git_describe.sh`")
+ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O0 -ggdb3 -DDEBUG")
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static -O2 -DNDEBUG")  # TODO: investigate whether can/should enable -march=x86-64-v4
++set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2 -DNDEBUG")  # TODO: investigate whether can/should enable -march=x86-64-v4
  
--link_libraries("-flto -pthread -Wl,--format=binary -Wl,../../LICENSE -Wl,--format=default") # see show-license command in main.cpp
-+link_libraries("-flto -Wl,--whole-archive -lrt -lpthread -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--format=binary -Wl,../../LICENSE -Wl,--format=default") # see show-license command in main.cpp
- 
- #add_compile_options(-fsanitize=address)
- #add_link_options(-fsanitize=address)
+ add_subdirectory(src)