diff --git a/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20191231.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20191231.ebuild
index 794e08f25..e8cafe41f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20191231.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20191231.ebuild
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with nls libintl-prefix) \
 
 }
+
+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/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20200104.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20200104.ebuild
index 794e08f25..e8cafe41f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20200104.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libfcrypto/libfcrypto-20200104.ebuild
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_with nls libintl-prefix) \
 
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}