diff --git a/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20161118.ebuild b/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20161118.ebuild
index 26b7304af..9a2cacf9e 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20161118.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20161118.ebuild
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ 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/libnk2/libnk2-20170127.ebuild b/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20170127.ebuild
index 26b7304af..9a2cacf9e 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20170127.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libnk2/libnk2-20170127.ebuild
@@ -71,3 +71,9 @@ 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
+}