diff --git a/debian/libmlir-X.Y-dev.install.in b/debian/libmlir-X.Y-dev.install.in
index 4cd6b689..32297db0 100644
--- a/debian/libmlir-X.Y-dev.install.in
+++ b/debian/libmlir-X.Y-dev.install.in
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/cmake/mlir/
 usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/libMLIR.so
 usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/libMLIR*.a
 usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/libmlir*.so
-usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/libmlir_*.a
+#usr/lib/llvm-@LLVM_VERSION@/lib/libmlir_*.a