diff --git a/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170125.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170125.ebuild
index 0736a3fa9..dc3b5c2cf 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170125.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170125.ebuild
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable debug debug-output ) \
 
 }
+
+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/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170304.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170304.ebuild
index 0736a3fa9..dc3b5c2cf 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170304.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmapidb/libmapidb-20170304.ebuild
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		$(use_enable debug debug-output ) \
 
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	# see https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/installed-files.html#pg0303
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}