diff --git a/python39.changes b/python39.changes
index 9f7a310..255a08e 100644
--- a/python39.changes
+++ b/python39.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  2 16:18:29 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Drop .pyc files from docdir for reproducible builds
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 20 14:57:10 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/python39.spec b/python39.spec
index be611af..9680400 100644
--- a/python39.spec
+++ b/python39.spec
@@ -801,6 +801,11 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./python -O -c "from py_compile import compile; compile('$FAIL
 echo %{sitedir}/_import_failed > %{buildroot}/%{sitedir}/site-packages/zzzz-import-failed-hooks.pth
 %endif
 
+# For the purposes of reproducibility, it is necessary to eliminate any *.pyc files inside documentation dirs
+if [ -d %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir} ] ; then
+find %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir} -type f -name \*.pyc -ls -exec rm -vf '{}' \;
+fi
+
 %if %{with general}
 %files -n %{python_pkg_name}-tk
 %{sitedir}/tkinter