diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c355b12..8cc00df 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=ncurses
 pkgver=5.9
-pkgrel=5
+pkgrel=6
 pkgdesc="System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ package() {
   # fool packages looking to link to non-wide-character ncurses libraries
   for lib in ncurses form panel menu; do
     echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" >${pkgdir}/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
-    ln -s lib${lib}w.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
   done
-  ln -s libncurses++w.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libncurses++.a
 
   for lib in ncurses ncurses++ form panel menu; do
     ln -s ${lib}w.pc ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc
@@ -50,8 +48,6 @@ package() {
   # some packages look for -lcurses during build
   echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" >${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcursesw.so
   ln -s libncurses.so ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcurses.so
-  ln -s libncursesw.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcursesw.a
-  ln -s libncurses.a ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/libcurses.a
 
   # non-widec compatibility libraries
   cd ${srcdir}/ncurses-build