diff --git a/mingw-w64-python-ipykernel/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-python-ipykernel/PKGBUILD
index 3e6157b853..5e2fb6674f 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-python-ipykernel/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-python-ipykernel/PKGBUILD
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ package() {
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     --root="${pkgdir}" --optimize=1 --skip-build
 
-  find "${pkgdir}/" -name "*.pyc" -delete
   find "${pkgdir}/" -type d -empty -delete
 
   # setuptools doesnt see mingw-w64-python's readline