diff --git a/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20210807.ebuild b/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20210807.ebuild
index cc977fbe8..bfb3667fd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20210807.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20210807.ebuild
@@ -84,3 +84,9 @@ 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 "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20221022.ebuild b/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20221022.ebuild
index cc977fbe8..bfb3667fd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20221022.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libvmdk/libvmdk-20221022.ebuild
@@ -84,3 +84,9 @@ src_configure() {
 #                          [default=auto-detect]
 # not supported in the ebuild at the moment - requires windows.h, does not make much sense for us
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}