diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/build b/packages/python/system/simplejson/build
index 69832db409..21ba0c4105 100755
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/build
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/build
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 python setup.py build --cross-compile
 python setup.py install --root=./.install --prefix=/usr
+
+rm -rf .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/*/*.py
+rm -rf .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/*/tests