diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index cbd44b4dd4..e77c5a59eb 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -1046,6 +1046,22 @@ source_package() {
   fi
 }
 
+# arg1: file, or directory to recursively compile.
+python_compile() {
+  local path="${1:-${INSTALL}/usr/lib/${PKG_PYTHON_VERSION}}"
+  ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/python3 -Wi -t -B ${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/${PKG_PYTHON_VERSION}/compileall.py -f -d "${path#${INSTALL}}" "${path}"
+  python_remove_source "${path}"
+}
+
+# arg1: file, or directory from which to recursively remove all py source code
+python_remove_source() {
+  local path="${1:-${INSTALL}/usr/lib/${PKG_PYTHON_VERSION}}"
+  if [ -d "${path}" ]; then
+    find "${path}" -type f -name '*.py' -delete
+  else
+    rm -f "${path}"
+  fi
+}
 
 ### KERNEL HELPERS ###
 kernel_path() {