diff --git a/debian/libmodbus-dev.install b/debian/libmodbus-dev.install
index acad383..197100b 100644
--- a/debian/libmodbus-dev.install
+++ b/debian/libmodbus-dev.install
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/include/modbus/*
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmodbus.la
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/libmodbus.so
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmodbus.pc
diff --git a/libmodbus.spec.in b/libmodbus.spec.in
index 4fd9db5..44c0d49 100644
--- a/libmodbus.spec.in
+++ b/libmodbus.spec.in
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %{_includedir}/modbus/modbus-version.h
 %dir %{_libdir}/libmodbus.so
 
-%{_libdir}/libmodbus.la
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libmodbus.pc
 %{_libdir}/libmodbus.so