diff --git a/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am b/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
index 63ddaac96af0fa28addb522742a2d4263523be55..ba037f0cd72fbedb1dc2f2df68eeff8f66f8e402 100644
--- a/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/partition_allocator/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)
 # partition_allocator_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic -lm $(CMD_LDFLAGS)
 
 # making a .la
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = libpartition_allocator.la 
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libpartition_allocator.la 
 libpartition_allocator_la_SOURCES =    \
 	partition_allocator.c partition_allocator.h