diff --git a/libraries/xerces-c/xerces-c.SlackBuild b/libraries/xerces-c/xerces-c.SlackBuild
index 06f6ec74eb..2fa90b74cc 100644
--- a/libraries/xerces-c/xerces-c.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/xerces-c/xerces-c.SlackBuild
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=xerces-c
 VERSION=${VERSION:-3.2.3}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a CREDITS README KEYS LICENSE NOTICE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc