diff --git a/net-libs/libircclient/libircclient-1.8.recipe b/net-libs/libircclient/libircclient-1.8.recipe
index 11941ac0e..adbc41eb3 100644
--- a/net-libs/libircclient/libircclient-1.8.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/libircclient/libircclient-1.8.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ as well as non-standard but popular features. It is perfect for building the IRC
 HOMEPAGE="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libircclient/"
 COPYRIGHT="2004-2012 George Yunaev"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
-REVISION="5"
+REVISION="6"
 SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libircclient/libircclient/$portVersion/libircclient-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="2cf8523ac683588f2785b08159a2df3e4d15939ee655c0024aa86334149de8f6"
 PATCHES="libircclient-$portVersion.patchset"
@@ -50,14 +50,18 @@ BUILD()
 	autoreconf -f -i
 	runConfigure ./configure
 	make $jobArgs
-	cd src; make $jobArgs shared
+	cd src
+	make $jobArgs shared
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libircclient
+	# remove static library
+	rm -f $libDir/libircclient.a
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libircclient
 	fixPkgconfig
 
 	# devel package