diff --git a/academic/gretl/gretl.SlackBuild b/academic/gretl/gretl.SlackBuild
index 8b074382d3..d6a8650813 100644
--- a/academic/gretl/gretl.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/gretl/gretl.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=gretl
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2022a}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.png
 cp $CWD/*.pdf $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc