diff --git a/neon.spec b/neon.spec
index aaf218a..818cee1 100644
--- a/neon.spec
+++ b/neon.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: An HTTP and WebDAV client library
 Name: neon
 Version: 0.27.2
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
 URL: http://www.webdav.org/neon/
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
+sed -ri "/^dependency_libs/{s,-l[^ ']*,,g}" \
+      $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/libneon.la
+
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %clean
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/*.so
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec  5 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 0.27.2-4
+- trim dependency_libs in .la file
+
 * Tue Dec  4 2007 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 0.27.2-3
 - rebuild against GnuTLS
 - drop static library