diff --git a/libgphoto2.changes b/libgphoto2.changes
index ec769dc..ed6f5d7 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.changes
+++ b/libgphoto2.changes
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-Tue Apr 27 08:54:31 CEST 2010 - meissner@suse.de
-
-- remove the major .la files
-
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr 11 23:25:39 CEST 2010 - meissner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libgphoto2.spec b/libgphoto2.spec
index c7f2de0..c2dfb10 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.spec
+++ b/libgphoto2.spec
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ mv doc/doxygen-output/libgphoto2-api.html apidocs
 fn=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libgphoto2_port.pc
 grep -v driverdir= $fn > $fn.new
 mv $fn.new $fn
-# These two should not be required, but the driver .la can stay
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libgphoto2.la
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libgphoto2_port.la
-
 %fdupes $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %clean
@@ -157,7 +153,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{prefix}/bin/gphoto2-config
 %{prefix}/bin/gphoto2-port-config
 %{_libdir}/libgphoto2.so
+%{_libdir}/libgphoto2.la
 %{_libdir}/libgphoto2_port.so
+%{_libdir}/libgphoto2_port.la
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libgphoto2.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libgphoto2_port.pc