diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 4546cf5..c39ff72 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ make %{_smp_mflags}
 %install
 %make_install
 
-/bin/rm -f `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir} -name "*.la"`
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 
 %find_lang %{name} --with-gnome