diff --git a/gstreamer.spec.in b/gstreamer.spec.in
index 340dfa6995..72d65f08de 100644
--- a/gstreamer.spec.in
+++ b/gstreamer.spec.in
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gst-register and gst-launch.  It is split off to allow parallel-installability
 in the future.
 
 %prep
-%setup
+%setup -q
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/cache/gstreamer-%{majorminor}
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/%{name}-%{majorminor}/*.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/%{name}-%{majorminor}/*.a
-rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 # Copy built docbook docs to gstreamer-devel docs dir