diff --git a/servers/slapd/Makefile.in b/servers/slapd/Makefile.in
index 110637655bc06b554104890e6fc2ba5a75efb6cf..a5523428960a5dd0c845d5b59baa3883baf7c9f3 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/Makefile.in
+++ b/servers/slapd/Makefile.in
@@ -259,12 +259,9 @@ slapd.exp: libslapd.a
 	dlltool --dllname slapd.exe --input-def slapd.def \
 		--base-file slapd.base --output-exp $@
 
-slapi/.libs/libslapi.a: FORCE
+slapi/libslapi.la: FORCE
 	(cd slapi; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) all)
 
-libslapi.a: slapi/.libs/libslapi.a
-	cp slapi/.libs/libslapi.a .
-
 slapd: $(SLAPD_DEPENDS) @LIBSLAPI@
 	$(LTLINK) -o $@ $(SLAPD_OBJECTS) $(LIBS) \
 		$(WRAP_LIBS)