diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-m2crypto_0.39.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-m2crypto_0.39.0.bb
index 3a4a700bf7..ac62773064 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-m2crypto_0.39.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-m2crypto_0.39.0.bb
@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@ export SWIG_FEATURES
 
 export STAGING_DIR
 
+do_install:append() {
+    rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/M2Crypto/SSL/__pycache__/*.cpython-*.pyc
+    rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/M2Crypto/__pycache__/*.cpython-*.pyc
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"