diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild b/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
index d93142d417..a98a2063ac 100644
--- a/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ for i in $(find $PKG/usr/man -type l -name "*.?") ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz
 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
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 ###sbolint off