diff --git a/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20211115.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20211115.ebuild
index ae50b6509..711c14ef7 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20211115.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20211115.ebuild
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ 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/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20221029.ebuild b/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20221029.ebuild
index ae50b6509..711c14ef7 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20221029.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libvsgpt/libvsgpt-20221029.ebuild
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ 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
+}