diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a930954..5cb1035 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   * New upstream release, "I will give you five magic beans!":
     + debian/libgstreamer.symbols:
       - Update symbols file.
+  * debian/libgstreamer-dev.install:
+    + Don't ship useless .la file for the core plugins.
 
  -- Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>  Mon, 21 May 2012 11:14:06 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a77851d..703a9a7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
            Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>,
            Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>,
            Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.1.3~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                cdbs (>= 0.4.93~),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.7),
                autotools-dev,
diff --git a/debian/libgstreamer-dev.install b/debian/libgstreamer-dev.install
index 3459b0b..91b7406 100644
--- a/debian/libgstreamer-dev.install
+++ b/debian/libgstreamer-dev.install
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 debian/tmp/usr/include
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.{a,la,so}
-debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/gstreamer-@GST_ABI@/*.{a,la}
 debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/pkgconfig
 debian/tmp/usr/share/aclocal
 debian/tmp/usr/share/gir-*