diff --git a/gedit.spec b/gedit.spec
index 3838e93..4546cf5 100644
--- a/gedit.spec
+++ b/gedit.spec
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Install gedit-devel if you want to write plugins for gedit.
 
 %build
 %configure \
+	--disable-static \
 	--disable-gtk-doc \
 	--enable-introspection=yes \
 %if %{with_python3}
@@ -119,8 +120,6 @@ make %{_smp_mflags}
 %install
 %make_install
 
-## clean up all the static libs for plugins (workaround for no -module)
-/bin/rm -f `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir} -name "*.a"`
 /bin/rm -f `find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir} -name "*.la"`
 
 %find_lang %{name} --with-gnome