diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index ef745edc1ed7fd8d4cafec8433c0b6d1a170314a..1c5f58af2513202726685835a217ab2e5bffa7d6 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ install_dev : check_INSTALLTOP
                 map { "COPY/PROT=W:RE $_.EXE ossl_installroot:['arch'.LIB]" }
                 map { $unified_info{sharednames}->{$_} || () } 
                 @{$unified_info{libraries}}) -}
-        @ {- output_on() -} !
+        @ {- output_on() if $config{no_shared}; "" -} !
 
 install_runtime : check_INSTALLTOP
         @ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "*** Installing runtime files"
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ install_engines : check_INSTALLTOP
         @ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "*** Installing engines"
         CREATE/DIR ossl_installroot:['arch'.ENGINES]
         COPY/PROT=W:RE [.ENGINES]*.EXE ossl_installroot:['arch'.ENGINES]
-        @ {- output_on() -} !
+        @ {- output_on() if $config{no_shared}; "" -} !
 
 install_config : [.VMS]openssl_startup.com [.VMS]openssl_shutdown.com -
                  check_INSTALLTOP
diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index c649d3d3c8d35d5cde087f82b2059fdac3c42ac3..d416c21495a883bdae5bd3bcdea638c73e6ad8b7 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ install_dev:
 		chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/$$fn.a.new; \
 		mv -f $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/$$fn.a.new \
 		      $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/$$fn.a; \
-		: {- output_on() -}; \
+		: {- output_on() unless windowsdll(); "" -}; \
 	done
-	@ : {- output_on() -}
+	@ : {- output_on() if $config{no_shared}; "" -}
 	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mkdir-p.pl $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig
 	@echo "install libcrypto.pc -> $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/libcrypto.pc"
 	@cp libcrypto.pc $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ uninstall_dev:
 		: {- output_off() unless windowsdll(); "" -}; \
 		echo "$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/$$fn.a"; \
 		$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/$$fn.a; \
-		: {- output_on() -}; \
+		: {- output_on() unless windowsdll(); "" -}; \
 	done
 	@echo "$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/libcrypto.pc"
 	@$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/$(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig/libcrypto.pc
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ install_runtime:
 		mv -f $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin/$$fn.new \
 		      $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin/$$fn; \
 	done
-	: {- output_on() -};
+	: {- output_on() unless windowsdll(); "" -};
 	@set -e; for x in $(PROGRAMS); do \
 		fn=`basename $$x`; \
 		echo "install $$x -> $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin/$$fn"; \
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ uninstall_runtime:
 		echo "$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin/$$fn"; \
 		$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)/bin/$$fn; \
 	done
-	: {- output_on() -};
+	: {- output_on() unless windowsdll(); "" -};
 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(OPENSSLDIR)/openssl.cnf
 
 # A method to extract all names from a .pod file