diff --git a/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201210.ebuild b/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201210.ebuild
index b61eb76f2..63971e91b 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201210.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201210.ebuild
@@ -87,3 +87,9 @@ src_test() {
 	ewarn "This is due to a long-running test named test_glob.sh that may take a minute to complete."
 	default_src_test
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}
diff --git a/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201230.ebuild b/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201230.ebuild
index b61eb76f2..63971e91b 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201230.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libewf/libewf-20201230.ebuild
@@ -87,3 +87,9 @@ src_test() {
 	ewarn "This is due to a long-running test named test_glob.sh that may take a minute to complete."
 	default_src_test
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}