diff --git a/gsl.changes b/gsl.changes
index 5bbd184..1d90269 100644
--- a/gsl.changes
+++ b/gsl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 14 00:09:09 CET 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- remove static libraries and "la" files 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 22 23:08:44 CEST 2008 - garloff@suse.de
 
diff --git a/gsl.spec b/gsl.spec
index ec2608e..ea8c041 100644
--- a/gsl.spec
+++ b/gsl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gsl (Version 1.11)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2009 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Name:           gsl
 BuildRequires:  blas latex2html
 Version:        1.11
-Release:        1
+Release:        4
 License:        GPL v3 or later
 # NOTE: The package has been update to 1.10+ after all issues with
 # GNU GPLv3 have been resolved.
@@ -125,12 +125,10 @@ RPM_OPT_FLAGS=`echo "$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" | sed 's/-fstack-protector//'`
 %ifarch i386 i486 i586 i686 x86_64
 # We could add -msse2 -mpfmath=sse here ...
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -O3 -finline-limit=720 --param max-inline-insns-auto=160 -funroll-loops -fno-strict-aliasing -funit-at-a-time -ftree-vectorize -momit-leaf-frame-pointer" \
-	./configure  --enable-shared --with-gnu-ld \
-	--prefix=/usr --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir}  --libdir=%{_libdir}
+%configure --disable-static --with-pic --enable-shared --with-gnu-ld
 %else
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -O3 -finline-limit=720 --param max-inline-insns-auto=160 -funroll-loops -fno-strict-aliasing -funit-at-a-time -ftree-vectorize" \
-	./configure  --enable-shared --with-gnu-ld \
-	--prefix=/usr --mandir=%{_mandir} --infodir=%{_infodir} --libdir=%{_libdir}
+%configure  --disable-static --with-pic --enable-shared --with-gnu-ld
 %endif
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 #make check 
@@ -147,6 +145,7 @@ make check
 
 %install
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
@@ -164,9 +163,7 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 /usr/include/gsl
-%{_libdir}/libgsl*.la
 %{_libdir}/libgsl*.so
-%{_libdir}/libgsl*.a
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/gsl.pc
 /usr/bin/gsl-config
 %doc doc/gsl-ref/gsl-ref*.html
@@ -186,7 +183,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_DIR/gsl-%{version}
 
 %changelog
-* Sat Aug 23 2008 garloff@suse.de
+* Wed Jan 14 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- remove static libraries and "la" files
+* Fri Aug 22 2008 garloff@suse.de
 - Update to gsl-1.11:
   * Bugfixes (underflow in ODE solver, overflow in
   gsl_cdf_hypergeometric_{P,Q}, brent_minimiser)
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_DIR/gsl-%{version}
   swap_vectors, cheb_eval_n_err, sf_gamma_inc, cspline,
   akima, ode-initval, sf_psi_1, sf_expint_Ei_e, cdf_beta_X,
   eigen_jacobi, error stream flushes prior to abort).
-* Sat Aug 21 2004 garloff@suse.de
+* Fri Aug 20 2004 garloff@suse.de
 - Fix build on non-x86/x86-64 (no -monit-leaf-frame-pointer).
 - Allow parallel build.
 * Sun Aug 15 2004 garloff@suse.de
@@ -326,9 +325,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_DIR/gsl-%{version}
 - add %%defattr
 * Tue May 27 2003 ro@suse.de
 - add pkgconfig file to filelist
-* Thu Jan 16 2003 garloff@suse.de
+* Wed Jan 15 2003 garloff@suse.de
 - bzip2 sources
-* Thu Jan 16 2003 garloff@suse.de
+* Wed Jan 15 2003 garloff@suse.de
 - Update to gsl-1.3:
   * Fixed gsl_sf_coupling
   * exponential integral exp(-x)*Ei(x)