diff --git a/pkg/bdb/build b/pkg/bdb/build
index 9374762..c8ad99b 100755
--- a/pkg/bdb/build
+++ b/pkg/bdb/build
@@ -32,7 +32,5 @@ deploy() {
 	strip_files ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.so ${DEPLOY}/bin/db_*
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/docs"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
-
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/expat/build b/pkg/expat/build
index 44227ca..a3adb03 100644
--- a/pkg/expat/build
+++ b/pkg/expat/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/file/build b/pkg/file/build
index ee0ba92..3681117 100755
--- a/pkg/file/build
+++ b/pkg/file/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm -r ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gmp/build b/pkg/gmp/build
index a911a53..e420f59 100755
--- a/pkg/gmp/build
+++ b/pkg/gmp/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/kbd/build b/pkg/kbd/build
index 073d3ba..073cd08 100755
--- a/pkg/kbd/build
+++ b/pkg/kbd/build
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r ${DEPLOY}/share/man
 
 	if [ -e ${DEPLOY}/share/doc ]; then
diff --git a/pkg/kmod/build b/pkg/kmod/build
index bd3a3e6..05db9d9 100644
--- a/pkg/kmod/build
+++ b/pkg/kmod/build
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share/man"
-	rm -r ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	for target in depmod insmod lsmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do
 		ln -sf kmod $DEPLOY/bin/$target
diff --git a/pkg/libbsd/build b/pkg/libbsd/build
index a54b9eb..cf54b3f 100644
--- a/pkg/libbsd/build
+++ b/pkg/libbsd/build
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/libevent/build b/pkg/libevent/build
index 9e7e4fc..460f5ee 100755
--- a/pkg/libevent/build
+++ b/pkg/libevent/build
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/bin"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/libiconv/build b/pkg/libiconv/build
index d96a59d..928f914 100755
--- a/pkg/libiconv/build
+++ b/pkg/libiconv/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/libidn2/build b/pkg/libidn2/build
index 4254d99..ecf80ee 100755
--- a/pkg/libidn2/build
+++ b/pkg/libidn2/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/libmnl/build b/pkg/libmnl/build
index b5611d9..c834d83 100644
--- a/pkg/libmnl/build
+++ b/pkg/libmnl/build
@@ -26,7 +26,5 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
-
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/libnftnl/build b/pkg/libnftnl/build
index e4a5965..008df0a 100644
--- a/pkg/libnftnl/build
+++ b/pkg/libnftnl/build
@@ -26,7 +26,5 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
-
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/libseccomp/build b/pkg/libseccomp/build
index ec76529..1071cfe 100644
--- a/pkg/libseccomp/build
+++ b/pkg/libseccomp/build
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/libtasn1/build b/pkg/libtasn1/build
index 622bbc0..60c8312 100755
--- a/pkg/libtasn1/build
+++ b/pkg/libtasn1/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/libunistring/build b/pkg/libunistring/build
index 221d5b6..a5484b5 100755
--- a/pkg/libunistring/build
+++ b/pkg/libunistring/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/lzo/build b/pkg/lzo/build
index be0331d..d2b8ffd 100644
--- a/pkg/lzo/build
+++ b/pkg/lzo/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/procps-ng/build b/pkg/procps-ng/build
index a5ad115..44c6e4c 100755
--- a/pkg/procps-ng/build
+++ b/pkg/procps-ng/build
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/sqlite3/build b/pkg/sqlite3/build
index aae761a..ed05602 100755
--- a/pkg/sqlite3/build
+++ b/pkg/sqlite3/build
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ deploy() {
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/unbound/build b/pkg/unbound/build
index fdf44ec..51b3e9c 100644
--- a/pkg/unbound/build
+++ b/pkg/unbound/build
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/pkg/util-linux/build b/pkg/util-linux/build
index 7c1520b..d7a852c 100755
--- a/pkg/util-linux/build
+++ b/pkg/util-linux/build
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share/man"
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share/doc"
-	rm -r ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 
 	if [ -e "$DEPLOY/sbin" ]; then
 		mv ${DEPLOY}/sbin/* ${DEPLOY}/bin
diff --git a/pkg/xz/build b/pkg/xz/build
index 6fc3b73..345cd6d 100644
--- a/pkg/xz/build
+++ b/pkg/xz/build
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ deploy() {
 
 	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
 
-	rm ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
 	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
 
 	split_dev_deploy "$DEPLOY" "$DEVDEPLOY"
diff --git a/util/misc.sh b/util/misc.sh
index a395df2..df53f1e 100644
--- a/util/misc.sh
+++ b/util/misc.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ split_dev_deploy() {
 		mv "$1/lib/pkgconfig" "$2/lib"
 	fi
 
+	for f in ${1}/lib/*.la; do
+		if [ -e "$f" ]; then
+			rm "$f"
+		fi
+	done
+
 	for f in ${1}/lib/*.a; do
 		if [ -f "$f" ]; then
 			mkdir -p "$2/lib"