diff --git a/net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.8.1.recipe b/net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.9.0.recipe
similarity index 92%
rename from net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.8.1.recipe
rename to net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.9.0.recipe
index 2b37cdf78..37f39264c 100644
--- a/net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.8.1.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/libssh2/libssh2-1.9.0.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2004-2007 Sara Golemon
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="40b517f35b1bb869d0075b15125c7a015557f53a5a3a6a8bffb89b69fd70f159"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="d5fb8bd563305fd1074dda90bd053fb2d29fc4bce048d182f96eaa466dfadafd"
 PATCHES="libssh2-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	rm $libDir/libssh2.la
+	rm $libDir/libssh2.la $libDir/libssh2.a
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libssh2
 	fixPkgconfig
diff --git a/net-libs/libssh2/patches/libssh2-1.8.1.patchset b/net-libs/libssh2/patches/libssh2-1.9.0.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from net-libs/libssh2/patches/libssh2-1.8.1.patchset
rename to net-libs/libssh2/patches/libssh2-1.9.0.patchset