diff --git a/projects/gnupg.org/libassuan/package.yml b/projects/gnupg.org/libassuan/package.yml
index 16e87a8b85..f590ee1665 100644
--- a/projects/gnupg.org/libassuan/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnupg.org/libassuan/package.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ provides:
   - bin/libassuan-config
 
 build:
-  script: |
-    ./configure --prefix={{prefix}}
-    make
-    make check
-    make install
+  script:
+    - ./configure --prefix={{prefix}}
+    - make
+    - make check
+    - make install
+    # .la are unrelocatable, but only used if found
+    - run: find . -name '*.la' -exec rm {} \;
+      working-directory: ${{prefix}}/lib
+
   dependencies:
     gnupg.org/libgpg-error: 1
   env:
@@ -27,5 +31,4 @@ build:
       CFLAGS: $CFLAGS -std=gnu89
       CXXFLAGS: '$CXXFLAGS -stdlib=libstdc++ -std=c++03'
 
-test:
-  script: test "$(libassuan-config --version)" = "{{version}}"
+test: test "$(libassuan-config --version)" = "{{version}}"