diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/gtksourceview-devel.template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/gtksourceview-devel.template
index 63427424d37..6e6ee3e19a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/gtksourceview-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/gtksourceview-devel.template
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ do_install()
 {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib,share}
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
 }