diff --git a/dev-libs/libvterm/libvterm-0.0.681.recipe b/dev-libs/libvterm/libvterm-0.0.681.recipe
index fb51b58d9..ec3acef8f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libvterm/libvterm-0.0.681.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libvterm/libvterm-0.0.681.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ situations."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libvterm/"
 COPYRIGHT="2010-2017 Paul Evans"
 LICENSE="MIT"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/libvterm/libvterm-0+bzr681.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="abea46d1b0b831dec2af5d582319635cece63d260f8298d9ccce7c1c2e62a6e8"
 SOURCE_DIR="libvterm-0+bzr681"
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ INSTALL()
 	make install PREFIX=$prefix BINDIR=$binDir LIBDIR=$libDir \
 		INCDIR=$includeDir MANDIR=$manDir
 
+	# remove static library
+	rm $libDir/libvterm.a
+
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libvterm
 	fixPkgconfig
 	packageEntries devel $developDir $binDir