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