diff --git a/net-libs/tox/tox-0.2.12.recipe b/net-libs/tox/tox-0.2.12.recipe
index 101d16e34..a13092dbb 100644
--- a/net-libs/tox/tox-0.2.12.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/tox/tox-0.2.12.recipe
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make -C build install
 
+	rm -f $libDir/*.a
+
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib \
 		libtoxcore
 	fixPkgconfig