diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.10.4.ebuild b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.10.4.ebuild
index 0575eaa7fb6eb..828493a8d2418 100644
--- a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.10.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.10.4.ebuild
@@ -235,7 +235,4 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	fi
 
 	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
-	if ! use static-libs ; then
-		find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
-	fi
 }
diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-9999.ebuild
index 3cc2445891faa..1caabaa6c63d0 100644
--- a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-9999.ebuild
@@ -244,7 +244,4 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	fi
 
 	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
-	if ! use static-libs ; then
-		find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.a' -delete || die
-	fi
 }