diff --git a/buildpkg.packaging.solaris b/buildpkg.packaging.solaris
index b1bd9b6..baf25d2 100644
--- a/buildpkg.packaging.solaris
+++ b/buildpkg.packaging.solaris
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ extract_deps()
 
     # Grab the filelist and classify files
     local filelist=$($AWK '{ print $3 }' $metadir/prototype.$secname | $GREP '.')
-    local exelist=$(echo $filelist | $XARGS $FILE | $EGREP -v ":.* (commands|script)" | $GREP ":.*executable" | $CUT -d: -f1)
+    local exelist=$(echo $filelist | $XARGS $FILE | $EGREP -v ":.* (commands|script)" | $GREP -v "ar archive" |  $GREP ":.*executable" | $CUT -d: -f1)
     local scriptlist=$(echo $filelist | $XARGS $FILE | $EGREP ":.* (commands|script)" | $CUT -d: -f1)
-    local liblist=$(echo $filelist | $XARGS $FILE | $GREP ":.*dynamic lib" | $CUT -d: -f1)
+    local liblist=$(echo $filelist | $XARGS $FILE | $GREP -v "ar archive" | $GREP ":.*dynamic lib" | $CUT -d: -f1)
 
     # Compute dependencies for executables
     if [ -n "$exelist" ]; then