diff --git a/gis/gdal/gdal.SlackBuild b/gis/gdal/gdal.SlackBuild
index 01d4257d88..a193662749 100644
--- a/gis/gdal/gdal.SlackBuild
+++ b/gis/gdal/gdal.SlackBuild
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
 
 make -f GNUmakefile -B man
 make install-man DESTDIR=$PKG
+# smite some junk files
+rm -f $PKG/usr/man/man1/_*_.1
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done