diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 1709660ef2..635040c2a0 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ PACKAGES_USERS += $$($(2)_USERS)$$(sep)
 endif
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += $$($(2)_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS)
 ROOTFS_PRE_CMD_HOOKS += $$($(2)_ROOTFS_PRE_CMD_HOOKS)
-PYTHON_KEEP_PY_FILES += $$($(2)_KEEP_PY_FILES)
+KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES += $$($(2)_KEEP_PY_FILES)
 
 ifeq ($$($(2)_SITE_METHOD),svn)
 DL_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += svn
diff --git a/package/python/python.mk b/package/python/python.mk
index a3f5ce2113..41a981e3d3 100644
--- a/package/python/python.mk
+++ b/package/python/python.mk
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON_REMOVE_PY_FILES
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' \
-		$(if $(strip $(PYTHON_KEEP_PY_FILES)),-not \( $(call finddirclauses,$(TARGET_DIR),$(PYTHON_KEEP_PY_FILES)) \) ) \
+		$(if $(strip $(KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES)),-not \( $(call finddirclauses,$(TARGET_DIR),$(KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES)) \) ) \
 		-print0 | \
 		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index a8a5464149..a6692c5257 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYC_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON3_REMOVE_PY_FILES
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' \
-		$(if $(strip $(PYTHON_KEEP_PY_FILES)),-not \( $(call finddirclauses,$(TARGET_DIR),$(PYTHON_KEEP_PY_FILES)) \) ) \
+		$(if $(strip $(KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES)),-not \( $(call finddirclauses,$(TARGET_DIR),$(KEEP_PYTHON_PY_FILES)) \) ) \
 		-print0 | \
 		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef