diff --git a/sys-apps/sdate/sdate-0.7.ebuild b/sys-apps/sdate/sdate-0.7.ebuild
index b862defc39..8810cbdb1a 100644
--- a/sys-apps/sdate/sdate-0.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/sdate/sdate-0.7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2021-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 	default
 	eautoreconf
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
+	find "${ED}" -name '*.a' -delete || die
+}