diff --git a/python313.spec b/python313.spec
index 5ee7999..b0f212f 100644
--- a/python313.spec
+++ b/python313.spec
@@ -868,6 +868,11 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/python%{python_version}.1*
 
 %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