diff --git a/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild
index c092ec0c2..43a2edf34 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20210418.ebuild
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@ 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/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild
index c092ec0c2..43a2edf34 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libsmdev/libsmdev-20221028.ebuild
@@ -56,3 +56,9 @@ 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
+}