diff --git a/libraries/xblas/xblas.SlackBuild b/libraries/xblas/xblas.SlackBuild
index e49c4910c6..f30ef4952c 100644
--- a/libraries/xblas/xblas.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/xblas/xblas.SlackBuild
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a $DOCS $PKG/usr/doc/$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