diff --git a/libftdi.spec b/libftdi.spec
index 55093ef..8fc7c8a 100644
--- a/libftdi.spec
+++ b/libftdi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 Name:		libftdi
 Version:	0.17
-Release:	1%{?dist}
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Summary:	Library to program and control the FTDI USB controller
 
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sed -i -e 's/HTML_FOOTER            =/HTML_FOOTER            = no_date_footer.ht
 
 
 %build
-%configure --enable-python-binding --enable-libftdipp
+%configure --enable-python-binding --enable-libftdipp --disable-static
 cp %{SOURCE1} %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/doc
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc doc/html
 %{_bindir}/libftdi-config
-%{_libdir}/libftdi.a
 %{_libdir}/libftdi.so
 %{_includedir}/*.h
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libftdi.pc
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %files c++-devel
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
 %doc doc/html
-%{_libdir}/libftdipp.a
 %{_libdir}/libftdipp.so
 %{_includedir}/*.hpp
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libftdipp.pc
@@ -139,6 +137,9 @@ exit 0
 %postun c++ -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 16 2010 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.17-2
+- do not package static libfiles (#556068)
+
 * Sun Jan 01 2010 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.17-1
 - add patch to fix typo in python bindings
 - drop multilib patch0 fixed upstream