diff --git a/gtksourceview4.spec b/gtksourceview4.spec
index 80af176..1ab2908 100644
--- a/gtksourceview4.spec
+++ b/gtksourceview4.spec
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ the functionality of the installed %{name} package.
 %install
 %meson_install
 
-# remove unwanted files
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
-
 %find_lang gtksourceview-4
 
 %files -f gtksourceview-4.lang