diff --git a/mail-filter/libmilter/libmilter-1.0.2_p1-r1.ebuild b/mail-filter/libmilter/libmilter-1.0.2_p1-r1.ebuild
index 81714b3ad2990..46d223aaf2a0d 100644
--- a/mail-filter/libmilter/libmilter-1.0.2_p1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/mail-filter/libmilter/libmilter-1.0.2_p1-r1.ebuild
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ src_install() {
 
 	dodoc libmilter/README
 	dodoc libmilter/docs/*
+
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
 }