diff --git a/ecryptfs-utils.changes b/ecryptfs-utils.changes
index 614adc7..1a2cf99 100644
--- a/ecryptfs-utils.changes
+++ b/ecryptfs-utils.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Wed Oct  7 12:20:58 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
 
 - delete the libtool archive .la files
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Oct  2 19:55:18 UTC 2015 - mpluskal@suse.com
+
+- Do not ship .la files
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 30 14:30:56 UTC 2015 - mpluskal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/ecryptfs-utils.spec b/ecryptfs-utils.spec
index a988e51..da3f967 100644
--- a/ecryptfs-utils.spec
+++ b/ecryptfs-utils.spec
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ find %{buildroot} -name "*.la" |xargs rm
 %suse_update_desktop_file %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/ecryptfs-mount-private.desktop
 %suse_update_desktop_file -r ecryptfs-setup-private System Security
 %find_lang %{name}
+# replace duplicate files by symlinks
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}
+# do not ship .la files
+find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
 #we need ecryptfs kernel module
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libexecdir}/modules-load.d/
@@ -160,7 +163,6 @@ fi
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_includedir}/ecryptfs.h
 %{_libdir}/libecryptfs.so
-%{_libdir}/libecryptfs.la
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libecryptfs.pc
 
 %changelog