diff --git a/libgphoto2.changes b/libgphoto2.changes
index 0559fce..527f50f 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.changes
+++ b/libgphoto2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 25 18:22:27 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
+
+- remove all the .la files, improves startup time.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 18 21:45:22 UTC 2015 - meissner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libgphoto2.spec b/libgphoto2.spec
index 0ea10c4..aab1deb 100644
--- a/libgphoto2.spec
+++ b/libgphoto2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libgphoto2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ make check
 # skip-check-libtool-deps
 export LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}
 %makeinstall
+
+# .la files are not needed
+rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libdir/*.la
+rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libdir/libgphoto2/%version/*.la
+rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_libdir/libgphoto2_port/0.12.0/*.la
+
 %{find_lang} libgphoto2-%{major}
 %{find_lang} libgphoto2_port-12
 cat libgphoto2-%{major}.lang libgphoto2_port-12.lang > libgphoto2-all.lang