diff --git a/tix/tix-eradicate-libtool-la b/tix/tix-eradicate-libtool-la
index 5934d4a1..b195fb02 100755
--- a/tix/tix-eradicate-libtool-la
+++ b/tix/tix-eradicate-libtool-la
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 set -e
 cd "$TIX_INSTALL_DIR"
-find | grep '\.la$' | while read la; do rm -f "$la"; done
+find . -name '*.la' -delete