diff --git a/libsoup.spec b/libsoup.spec
index 2ae422f..af15d16 100644
--- a/libsoup.spec
+++ b/libsoup.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ you to develop applications that use the libsoup library.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure
+%configure --disable-static
 
 # Omit unused direct shared library dependencies.
 sed --in-place --expression 's! -shared ! -Wl,--as-needed\0!g' libtool
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.la
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/*.a
 
 %find_lang libsoup