diff --git a/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild b/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
index 483918e1ca118..f9e61be4a1383 100644
--- a/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/talkfilters/talkfilters-2.3.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SRC_URI="http://www.hyperrealm.com/${PN}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 hppa ~mips ppc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos"
-IUSE=""
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-format-security.patch
@@ -21,3 +20,12 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${PATCHES[@]}"
 }
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf --disable-static
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}