diff --git a/glibc.changes b/glibc.changes
index 4e12d7b..d5fa6c5 100644
--- a/glibc.changes
+++ b/glibc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  1 16:43:55 UTC 2021 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
+
+- Fix build of utils flavor for usrmerge
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 18 11:29:12 UTC 2021 - Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/glibc.spec b/glibc.spec
index 1df418f..7968a79 100644
--- a/glibc.spec
+++ b/glibc.spec
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ which is highly discouraged.
 
 
 
+
 # makedb requires libselinux. We add this program in a separate
 # package so that glibc does not require libselinux.
 
@@ -922,7 +923,11 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{slibdir}/ld*.so* %{buildroot}%{slibdir}/lib[!mp]*
 %if "%{rtlddir}" != "%{slibdir}"
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{rtlddir}/ld*.so*
 %endif
+%if "%{_libdir}" != "%{slibdir}"
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib*
+%else
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib*.a
+%endif
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/{catchsegv,ldd*,sprof}
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man*
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{rootsbindir} %{buildroot}%{_includedir}