diff --git a/base/mate-panel/mate-panel.SlackBuild b/base/mate-panel/mate-panel.SlackBuild
index 530170b..b108a8c 100644
--- a/base/mate-panel/mate-panel.SlackBuild
+++ b/base/mate-panel/mate-panel.SlackBuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=mate-panel
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.20.1}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
+# Don't ship .la files:
+rm -f $PKG/{,usr/}lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
+
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true