diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index d15f6bf..a1012ed 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Library providing XML and HTML support
 Name: libxml2
 Version: 2.6.18
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 License: MIT
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ gzip -9 ChangeLog
 rm -fr %{buildroot}
 
 %makeinstall
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %clean
 rm -fr %{buildroot}
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 %doc doc/python.html
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Mar 14 2005 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com> 2.6.18-2
+-removing the .la
 * Sun Mar 13 2005 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 - upstream release 2.6.18 see http://xmlsoft.org/news.html