diff --git a/net-libs/serf/serf-1.3.9.recipe b/net-libs/serf/serf-1.3.9.recipe
index a0ae635af..76f6c750d 100644
--- a/net-libs/serf/serf-1.3.9.recipe
+++ b/net-libs/serf/serf-1.3.9.recipe
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ transformations are kept to a minimum to provide high performance operation."
 HOMEPAGE="https://serf.apache.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2002-2019 Justin Erenkrantz and Greg Stein"
 LICENSE="Apache v2"
-REVISION="9"
+REVISION="10"
 SOURCE_URI="https://archive.apache.org/dist/serf/serf-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="549c2d21c577a8a9c0450facb5cca809f26591f048e466552240947bdf7a87cc"
 PATCHES="
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ PATCHES="
 ARCHITECTURES="all"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
+libVersion="1.3.0"
+libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	serf$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	lib:libserf_1$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.3.0 compat >= 1
+	lib:libserf_1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	serf${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libserf_1$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.3.0 compat >= 1
+	devel:libserf_1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	serf$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -73,7 +76,8 @@ BUILD()
 	apu=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~apu_1_config$secondaryArchSuffix/bin$archDir/apu-1-config
 	gcc=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~gcc$secondaryArchSuffix/bin$archDir/gcc
 	scons OPENSSL=$portPackageLinksDir/devel~libssl$secondaryArchSuffix \
-		ZLIB=/system APR=$apr APU=$apu PREFIX=$prefix CC=$gcc
+		ZLIB=/system APR=$apr APU=$apu PREFIX=$prefix \
+		LIBDIR=$libDir CC=$gcc
 }
 
 INSTALL()
@@ -85,16 +89,15 @@ INSTALL()
 	apr=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~apr_1_config$secondaryArchSuffix/bin$configDir/apr-1-config
 	apu=$portPackageLinksDir/cmd~apu_1_config$secondaryArchSuffix/bin$configDir/apu-1-config
 	scons install OPENSSL=$portPackageLinksDir/devel~libssl$secondaryArchSuffix \
-		ZLIB=/system APR=$apr APU=$apu PREFIX=$prefix
+		ZLIB=/system APR=$apr APU=$apu PREFIX=$prefix \
+		LIBDIR=$libDir
 
 	mkdir -p $includeDir $developLibDir
 	mv $prefix/include/serf-1/* $includeDir/
 	rm -rf $prefix/include
 
-	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
-		mkdir -p $libDir
-		mv $prefix/lib/libserf* $prefix/lib/pkgconfig $libDir/
-	fi
+	# remove static library
+	rm -f $libDir/libserf-1.a
 
 	# prepare development lib links
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libserf-1