diff --git a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
index 285d2998d2..854cad3db2 100755
--- a/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
+++ b/packages/python/devel/Cheetah/build
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ python setup.py build --cross-compile
 python setup.py install --root=./.install --prefix=/usr
 
 rm -rf .install/usr/bin
+find .install/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/  -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf {} ";"