diff --git a/media-libs/sdl_net/sdl_net-1.2.8.recipe b/media-libs/sdl_net/sdl_net-1.2.8.recipe
index 4375646a0..89e99feda 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl_net/sdl_net-1.2.8.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/sdl_net/sdl_net-1.2.8.recipe
@@ -69,5 +69,7 @@ INSTALL()
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libSDL_net-1.2
 	fixPkgconfig
 
+	rm $developLibDir/*.la
+
 	packageEntries devel $developDir
 }