diff --git a/academic/gchemutils/gchemutils.SlackBuild b/academic/gchemutils/gchemutils.SlackBuild
index bc9bbae074..b4080cd4ec 100644
--- a/academic/gchemutils/gchemutils.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/gchemutils/gchemutils.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=gchemutils
 VERSION=${VERSION:-0.14.17}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ cp -a \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$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
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh