diff --git a/file.changes b/file.changes
index ae905af..4f811ec 100644
--- a/file.changes
+++ b/file.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 26 21:17:45 CET 2009 - crrodriguez@suse.de
+
+- remove "la" files and static libraries 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 10 12:34:56 CET 2008 - olh@suse.de
 
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index ca0cc96..933b733 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package file (Version 4.24)
 #
-# 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
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Obsoletes:      file-64bit
 #
 # Set Version also in python-magic.spec
 Version:        4.24
-Release:        43
+Release:        44
 Summary:        A Tool to Determine File Types
 Source:         ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch:          file-%{version}.dif
@@ -126,14 +126,10 @@ export LANG=POSIX
 export LC_ALL=POSIX
 rm -f Magdir/*,v Magdir/*~
 rm -f ltcf-c.sh ltconfig ltmain.sh
-libtoolize --automake
-aclocal
-automake
-autoconf
-CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHOWMANY=69632 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC" \
-./configure --prefix=%{_prefix} --datadir=%{_miscdir} --mandir=%{_mandir} \
-	    --libdir=%{_libdir} --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir} --enable-fsect-man5
-make pkgdatadir='$(datadir)'
+autoreconf -fiv
+CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -DHOWMANY=69632"
+%configure --datadir=%{_miscdir} --disable-static --with-pic --enable-fsect-man5
+%{__make} %{?jobs:-j%jobs} pkgdatadir='$(datadir)'
 %if 0%{?build_python_bindings:1}
 pushd python
 python setup.py build
@@ -143,8 +139,6 @@ popd
 %install
 export LANG=POSIX
 export LC_ALL=POSIX
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-mkdir  %{buildroot}
 mkdir  %{buildroot}/etc
 make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install pkgdatadir='$(datadir)'
 rm -vf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/magic
@@ -157,10 +151,11 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 find %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/file %{_bindir}/ /%{_lib}/ %{_libdir}/ | \
 	xargs %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/file -m %{buildroot}%{_miscdir}/magic
 unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+%{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
-%post -n file -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -n file -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
 %defattr (644,root,root,755)
@@ -175,13 +170,13 @@ unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 %files -n file-devel
 %defattr (644,root,root,755)
-%{_libdir}/lib*.a
-%{_libdir}/lib*.la
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
 %{_includedir}/magic.h
 %attr(644,root,root) %{_mandir}/man3/libmagic.3.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 26 2009 crrodriguez@suse.de
+- remove "la" files and static libraries
 * Wed Dec 10 2008 olh@suse.de
 - use Obsoletes: -XXbit only for ppc64 to help solver during distupgrade
   (bnc#437293)
diff --git a/python-magic.spec b/python-magic.spec
index 822899f..aaabb6b 100644
--- a/python-magic.spec
+++ b/python-magic.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-magic (Version 4.24)
 #
-# 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
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ License:        Other uncritical OpenSource License
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        4.24
-Release:        51
+Release:        52
 Summary:        Python module to use libmagic
 %py_requires
 Source99:       file.spec