diff --git a/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass b/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
index 82c93707ea..5ce8727578 100644
--- a/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/lib_package.bbclass
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ FILES_${PN} = "${libexecdir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS} \
 	    ${base_libdir}/*${SOLIBS} \
 	    ${datadir}/${PN} ${libdir}/${PN}"
 FILES_${PN}-dev = "${includedir} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/*.la \
-		${libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/pkgconfig /lib/*.a /lib/*.o \
+		${libdir}/*.o ${libdir}/pkgconfig /lib/*.o \
 		${datadir}/aclocal ${bindir}/*-config"
 FILES_${PN}-bin = "${bindir}/* ${sbindir}/* /bin/* /sbin/*"