diff --git a/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20210424.ebuild b/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20210424.ebuild
index 491668a01..9513e8e83 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20210424.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20210424.ebuild
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ 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/libesedb/libesedb-20220806.ebuild b/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20220806.ebuild
index 491668a01..9513e8e83 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20220806.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libesedb/libesedb-20220806.ebuild
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ 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
+}