diff --git a/gstlal-calibration.spec.in b/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
index 2b68009d64d0e9c3b24fbe65d4e0f788c56e6298..eeac35b5e74e60f210fdb4426523ccc5cb24da50 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ This package contains the plugins and shared libraries required to run the gstla
 %package devel
 Summary: Files and documentation needed for compiling gstlal-calibration based plugins and programs.
 Group: LSC Software/Data Analysis
+Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: gstlal-devel >= @MIN_GSTLAL_VERSION@
 Requires: python3-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 Requires: %{gstreamername}-devel >= @MIN_GSTREAMER_VERSION@
@@ -108,7 +109,6 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/*
 %{_datadir}/gstlalcalibration/*
-%{_libdir}/gstreamer-*/lib*.a
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-*/lib*.so
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/python*/site-packages/gstlalcalibration
 %{_libdir}/*.so.*