diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e4edccc..c340360 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /gtk+-2.24.5.tar.bz2
 /gtk+-2.24.7.tar.xz
 /gtk+-2.24.8.tar.xz
+/gtk+-2.24.9.tar.xz
diff --git a/mingw32-gtk2.spec b/mingw32-gtk2.spec
index ce91aed..2f73292 100644
--- a/mingw32-gtk2.spec
+++ b/mingw32-gtk2.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define __debug_install_post %{_mingw32_debug_install_post}
 
 Name:           mingw32-gtk2
-Version:        2.24.8
+Version:        2.24.9
 Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows Gtk2 library
 
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_libdir}/gailutil.def
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0/
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0/
 
+# Drop all .la files
+find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name "*.la" -delete
+
+# Drop the .dll.a files for all modules as nothing is supposed
+# to link directly to these modules
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/*/*.dll.a
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/*.dll.a
+
 %find_lang %{name} --all-name
 
 
@@ -129,56 +137,25 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0/
 %dir %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0
 %dir %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libpixmap.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libwimp.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libwimp.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines/libwimp.la
 %dir %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-am-et.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-am-et.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-am-et.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cedilla.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cyrillic-translit.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cyrillic-translit.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-cyrillic-translit.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ime.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ime.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ime.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-inuktitut.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-inuktitut.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-inuktitut.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ipa.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ipa.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ipa.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-multipress.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-multipress.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-multipress.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-thai.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-thai.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-thai.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-er.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-er.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-er.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-et.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-et.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-ti-et.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-viqr.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-viqr.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules/im-viqr.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/include/
 %dir %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.dll
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/gtk-2.0/modules/libgail.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/libgailutil.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/libgailutil.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/libgdk-win32-2.0.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/libgdk-win32-2.0.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/libgtk-win32-2.0.dll.a
-%{_mingw32_libdir}/libgtk-win32-2.0.la
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/pkgconfig/gail.pc
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/pkgconfig/gdk-2.0.pc
 %{_mingw32_libdir}/pkgconfig/gdk-win32-2.0.pc
@@ -211,6 +188,11 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mingw32_sysconfdir}/gtk-2.0/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  1 2012 Erik van Pienbroek <epienbro@fedoraproject.org> - 2.24.9-1
+- Update to 2.24.9
+- Dropped the .la files
+- Dropped the .dll.a files for all modules
+
 * Tue Jan 31 2012 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 2.24.8-3
 - Rebuilt for libpng 1.5
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 08df52e..fed5dd0 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5408d4a70ac132f7c439d7de40e83aff  gtk+-2.24.8.tar.xz
+6d80261125b964aef2f2cbfbb1a9da2a  gtk+-2.24.9.tar.xz