diff --git a/libtimezonemap/libtimezonemap.SlackBuild b/libtimezonemap/libtimezonemap.SlackBuild
index 1bfb994..a844be6 100644
--- a/libtimezonemap/libtimezonemap.SlackBuild
+++ b/libtimezonemap/libtimezonemap.SlackBuild
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
+rm -rf $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
+
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true