diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index e88436e5be..b209505816 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ if [ ! -f $STAMP ]; then
     fi  # -f $PKG_DIR/build
   fi    # -f $PKG_DIR/meta
 
-  for i in `find $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/ -name "*.la"`; do \
+  # TODO: slow...
+  for i in `find $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/ -name "*.la" 2>/dev/null`; do \
     $SED "s:\(['= ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" $i; \
   done