diff --git a/academic/EMBOSS/EMBOSS.SlackBuild b/academic/EMBOSS/EMBOSS.SlackBuild
index fab49fe818..b3546bc77d 100644
--- a/academic/EMBOSS/EMBOSS.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/EMBOSS/EMBOSS.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=EMBOSS
 VERSION=${VERSION:-6.6.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/{applications,pixmaps}
 cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications
 cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh