diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.5.30.recipe b/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.5.30.recipe
index 1b144462f..f230bd275 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.5.30.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng-1.5.30.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1998-2017 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 	1996-1997 Andreas Dilger
 	1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42 Inc."
 LICENSE="LibPNG"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="7d76275fad2ede4b7d87c5fd46e6f488d2a16b5a69dc968ffa840ab39ba756ed"
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	rm $libDir/libpng*.la
+	# remove libtool files & static libraries
+	rm $libDir/libpng*.la $libDir/libpng*.a
 
 	rm -Rf $manDir/man5
 
diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng12-1.2.59.recipe b/media-libs/libpng/libpng12-1.2.59.recipe
index 73e306446..9499ebc77 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng12-1.2.59.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng12-1.2.59.recipe
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1998-2017 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
 	1996-1997 Andreas Dilger
 	1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42 Inc."
 LICENSE="LibPNG"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="4bd4b5ce04ce634c281ae76174714fa02b053b573ac2181c985db06aa57e1e9e"
 SOURCE_DIR="libpng-$portVersion"
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	rm $libDir/libpng*.la
+	# remove libtool file & static libraries
+	rm $libDir/libpng*.la $libDir/libpng*.a
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libpng libpng12
 	fixPkgconfig
diff --git a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.38.recipe b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.38.recipe
index d24cb38a7..2be212bf1 100644
--- a/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.38.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/libpng/libpng16-1.6.38.recipe
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1995-2022 The PNG Reference Library Authors
 	1996-1997 Andreas Dilger
 	1995-1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc."
 LICENSE="LibPNG"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/libpng-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="e2b5e1b4329650992c041996cf1269681b341191dc07ffed816c555769cceb77"
 SOURCE_DIR="libpng-$portVersion"
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	rm $libDir/libpng*.la
+	# remove libtool file & static libraries
+	rm $libDir/libpng*.la $libDir/libpng*.a
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libpng libpng16
 	fixPkgconfig