diff --git a/media-libs/tiff/tiff4-4.0.7.recipe b/media-libs/tiff/tiff4-4.0.7.recipe
index a8c85e2a8..b7e5e248c 100644
--- a/media-libs/tiff/tiff4-4.0.7.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/tiff/tiff4-4.0.7.recipe
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	rm -f $libDir/libtiff*.la
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libtiff libtiffxx
 	fixPkgconfig
-	rm $developLibDir/*.la
 
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \