diff --git a/templates/gtk+/devel.template b/templates/gtk+/devel.template
index 3f32eb02510..8d2e409ad1a 100644
--- a/templates/gtk+/devel.template
+++ b/templates/gtk+/devel.template
@@ -28,16 +28,9 @@ do_install()
 		mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/${bin}.1 \
 			${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
 	done
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/*.la \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules
-	for dir in immodules printbackends engines loaders; do
-		mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/${lver}/${dir}/*.la \
-			${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/${lver}/${dir}
-	done
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/aclocal ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-2.0 ${DESTDIR}/usr/share