diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ddb1f6ae8a..20aabd61e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ endif
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/doc $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gtk-doc
 	-rmdir $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share 2>/dev/null
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PY_ONLY),y)
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.pyc' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 endif
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYC_ONLY),y)
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 endif
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/luarocks