# Linking JOB\_POOL
**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007
**Category:** Usage
**Created:** [April 27, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007 "2023-04-27T19:11:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@abdelmaged](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/abdelmaged)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007/1 "2023-04-27T19:11:02Z")
I’ve noticed that CMAKE\_JOB\_POOL\_LINK specifies the pool for static libraries archive step, this step is not always considered as linking, if this is intended, is there a way to specify the job pool for linking executables & shared libraries only without static libraries archiving ?
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007/2 "2023-05-01T15:17:30Z")
You can unset the `JOB_POOL_LINK` property on `STATIC` libraries to remove them from the pool. The `CMAKE_JOB_POOL_LINK` variable just initializes this property.
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### Author:  [@abdelmaged](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/abdelmaged)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007/3 "2023-05-05T00:12:45Z")
Unsetting the property could be inconvenient for a project with large set of static libraries.
Moreover, it may involve some logic to test if BUILD\_SHARED\_LIBS is set or not, which may convert the static library to shared library.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/linking-job-pool/8007/4 "2023-05-05T12:19:53Z")
`BUILD_SHARED_LIBS` only affects the initial `add_library` call without an explicit request. Once declared, the `TYPE` property is reliable.