diff --git a/python311.changes b/python311.changes
index 20ce575..f4a51d8 100644
--- a/python311.changes
+++ b/python311.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
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep  9 16:53:07 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/python311.spec b/python311.spec
index 158d033..8ca6d89 100644
--- a/python311.spec
+++ b/python311.spec
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ 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