diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 3740918..56a2e59 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ mkdir py2 py3
 # multiarch crazyness on timestamp differences or Makefile/binaries for examples
 touch -m --reference=%{buildroot}%{_includedir}/libxml2/libxml/parser.h %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/xml2-config
 
-find %{buildroot} -type f -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' -print -delete
+find %{buildroot} -type f -name '*.la' -print -delete
+rm -vf %{buildroot}{%{python2_sitearch},%{python3_sitearch}}/*.a
 rm -vrf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/
 #(cd doc/examples ; make clean ; rm -rf .deps Makefile)
 gzip -9 -c doc/libxml2-api.xml > doc/libxml2-api.xml.gz