diff --git a/libraries/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings.SlackBuild b/libraries/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings.SlackBuild
index b71e2ee438..e7043290ff 100644
--- a/libraries/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=xapian-bindings
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.19}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ cp -a \
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 rm -rf $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/apidoc
 
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc