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   <para>There are also several files installed in the /usr/lib and /usr/libexec
   directories with a file name extension of .la. These are "libtool archive"
-  files. As already said, on a modern Linux system the libtool .la files are
-  only useful for libltdl.  No libraries in LFS are expected to be loaded
-  by libltdl, and it's known that some .la files can cause BLFS packages
-  fail to build.  Remove those files now:</para>
+  files. As already said, they are only useful when linking with static
+  libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic
+  shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems.
+  To remove them, run:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>find /usr/lib /usr/libexec -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>