diff --git a/multimedia/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.SlackBuild b/multimedia/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.SlackBuild
index 478b26be77..06b6a68438 100644
--- a/multimedia/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.SlackBuild
+++ b/multimedia/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.SlackBuild
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ 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