diff --git a/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20191221.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20191221.ebuild
index 498f6c3fc..2242120fe 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20191221.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20191221.ebuild
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ 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/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20220122.ebuild b/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20220122.ebuild
index 498f6c3fc..2242120fe 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20220122.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libfwps/libfwps-20220122.ebuild
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ 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
+}