diff --git a/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20220120.ebuild b/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20220120.ebuild
index 9abb4e290..7503003f3 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20220120.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20220120.ebuild
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ src_configure() {
 #                          [default=auto-detect]
 # not supported in the ebuild at the moment - requires windows.h, does not make much sense for us
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20221025.ebuild b/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20221025.ebuild
index 9abb4e290..7503003f3 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20221025.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libbfio/libbfio-20221025.ebuild
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ src_configure() {
 #                          [default=auto-detect]
 # not supported in the ebuild at the moment - requires windows.h, does not make much sense for us
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}