diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 49c1115..786ad14 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Library providing XML and HTML support
 Name: libxml2
 Version: 2.6.19
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 License: MIT
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 %makeinstall
 (cd doc/examples ; make clean ; rm -rf .deps)
 gzip -9 doc/libxml2-api.xml
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la \
+      $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/libxml2mod*a
 
 %clean
 rm -fr %{buildroot}
@@ -150,6 +151,9 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 %doc doc/python.html
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 23 2005 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> 2.6.19-2
+- remove static lib from python bindings
+
 * Sat Apr  2 2005 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 - upstream release 2.6.19 see http://xmlsoft.org/news.html