diff --git a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c
index fadf319..6c566ef 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c
+++ b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@
 	return opts;
 }
 
+#if !STATIC
 static void md_print(const unsigned char *md, size_t len)
 {
 	size_t i;
@@ -467,6 +468,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		printf("%02x", md[i]);
 }
+#endif
 
 static int info_cmd(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -498,7 +500,13 @@
 		       (unsigned long long)image->toc_e.offset_address,
 		       (unsigned long long)image->toc_e.size,
 		       desc->cmdline_name);
-#ifndef _MSC_VER	/* We don't have SHA256 for Visual Studio. */
+
+		/*
+		 * Omit this informative code portion for:
+		 * Visual Studio missing SHA256.
+		 * Statically linked builds.
+		 */
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !STATIC
 		if (verbose) {
 			unsigned char md[SHA256_DIGEST_LENGTH];