diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
index 085574c0cb..c86fc72d3e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ do_compile:class-target() {
 
 do_install:class-native() {
     install -d ${D}/${bindir}/edk2_basetools
+    find ${S}/BaseTools -name \*.pyc -exec rm -rf \{\} \;
     cp -r ${S}/BaseTools ${D}/${bindir}/${EDK_TOOLS_DIR}
 }