diff --git a/sci-libs/openlibm/openlibm-0.7.5.recipe b/sci-libs/openlibm/openlibm-0.7.5.recipe
index b3adb243c..3ac8263a5 100644
--- a/sci-libs/openlibm/openlibm-0.7.5.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/openlibm/openlibm-0.7.5.recipe
@@ -63,12 +63,15 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install \
 		prefix=$prefix \
-		libdir=$developLibDir \
+		libdir=$libDir \
 		shlibdir=$libDir \
 		includedir=$includeDir \
 		pkgconfigdir=$developLibDir/pkgconfig
 
-	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libopenlibm
+	# remove static library
+	rm -f $libDir/libopenlibm.a
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libopenlibm
 	fixPkgconfig
 
 	packageEntries devel $developDir