diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.ebuild
index cb8df80ea..0b11fc22c 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180317.ebuild
@@ -61,3 +61,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable python python3) \
 
 }
+
+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/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild
index 3b59a9d7a..d3241f87b 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvsmbr/libvsmbr-20180325.ebuild
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable python python3) \
 
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}