diff --git a/mingw-libgpg-error.spec b/mingw-libgpg-error.spec
index 585ab59..2fe4f89 100644
--- a/mingw-libgpg-error.spec
+++ b/mingw-libgpg-error.spec
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 
 rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mingw32_libdir}/libgpg-error.a
 
+# Drop all .la files
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -delete
+
 %find_lang libgpg-error
 
 
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mingw32_libdir}/libgpg-error.a
 %{mingw32_bindir}/gpg-error.exe
 %{mingw32_bindir}/libgpg-error-0.dll
 %{mingw32_libdir}/libgpg-error.dll.a
-%{mingw32_libdir}/libgpg-error.la
 %{mingw32_includedir}/gpg-error.h
 %{mingw32_datadir}/aclocal/gpg-error.m4
 %{mingw32_datadir}/common-lisp/source/gpg-error/*
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mingw32_libdir}/libgpg-error.a
 - Renamed the source package to mingw-libgpg-error (RHBZ #800913)
 - Use mingw macros without leading underscore
 - Dropped unneeded RPM tags
+- Dropped .la files
 
 * Mon Feb 27 2012 Erik van Pienbroek <epienbro@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6-16
 - Rebuild against the mingw-w64 toolchain