diff --git a/libthai.changes b/libthai.changes
index 334039a..07e8a3d 100644
--- a/libthai.changes
+++ b/libthai.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 16 19:54:50 CET 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- remove static libraries and "la" files 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 21 16:30:45 CEST 2008 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/libthai.spec b/libthai.spec
index 10f8e4e..8b9de2c 100644
--- a/libthai.spec
+++ b/libthai.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libthai (Version 0.1.9)
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2008 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-# This file and all modifications and additions to the pristine
-# package are under the same license as the package itself.
+# 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
+# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
+# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
+# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
+# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
+# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
+# published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
@@ -17,7 +24,7 @@ License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
 Group:          System/Libraries
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        0.1.9
-Release:        9
+Release:        37
 Summary:        Thai Language Support Routines
 Source:         %name-%version.tar.bz2
 Patch:          warnings.patch
@@ -68,11 +75,11 @@ Authors:
     Vuthichai Ampornaramveth <vuthi@nii.ac.jp>
 
 %prep
-%setup
+%setup -q
 %patch
 
 %build
-%configure
+%configure --disable-static --with-pic
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 
 %install
@@ -95,10 +102,11 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_includedir}/thai
 %{_libdir}/libthai.so
-%{_libdir}/libthai.*a
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 16 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- remove static libraries and "la" files
 * Wed May 21 2008 sbrabec@suse.cz
 - Fixed devel depenendencies.
 * Mon Apr 07 2008 uli@suse.de