diff --git a/libraries/libev/libev.SlackBuild b/libraries/libev/libev.SlackBuild
index 6f534a68b5..0baf104e88 100644
--- a/libraries/libev/libev.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libev/libev.SlackBuild
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
+rm -rf $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
+
 # avoid conflicting with libevent, we move an header in a subfolder
 # and we will explicitly add CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/libev" when
 # building software depending on this, if needed: lighttpd2 and i3,