diff --git a/libtool.spec b/libtool.spec
index 9366c44..48da088 100644
--- a/libtool.spec
+++ b/libtool.spec
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fPIC"
             --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir}         \
             --localstatedir=%{_localstatedir}   \
             --mandir=%{_mandir}                 \
-            --infodir=%{_infodir}               \
-            --disable-static
+            --infodir=%{_infodir}
 
 ## build not smp safe:
 make # %%{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -107,8 +106,9 @@ make check VERBOSE=yes
 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 # info's TOP dir (by default owned by info)
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_infodir}/dir
-# *.la files generated by libtool shouldn't be distributed
-rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libltdl.la
+# *.la *.a files generated by libtool shouldn't be distributed (and the
+# `./configure --disable-static' breaks testsuite)
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libltdl.{a,la}
 
 %post
 /sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/libtool.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir || :