Static Libraries in VB.

Idk if this is a big thing or not, but I was just wondering if its possible to use static libraries in VB. It's just that a lot of the released code I see come with a lot of dependencies and so much be shipped with massive .dll. Also just wanted to pay VB a little visit.

Is there anyway to avoid this in VB?

But should not all the .dll already be included in CLR? or does CLR link to them or what? o_O