diff --git a/libraries/libkate/libkate.SlackBuild b/libraries/libkate/libkate.SlackBuild
index cbcf7b53fd..1e612fff72 100644
--- a/libraries/libkate/libkate.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libkate/libkate.SlackBuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=libkate
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.4.1}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
 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
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cd $PKG