diff --git a/python-irc.changes b/python-irc.changes
index 6ab513f..093cdd4 100644
--- a/python-irc.changes
+++ b/python-irc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 30 09:17:40 UTC 2019 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- Drop test .pyc files from doc dir to make package build reproducible
+  (boo#1047218)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  5 11:22:52 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-irc.spec b/python-irc.spec
index 04d9a9e..30c14b3 100644
--- a/python-irc.spec
+++ b/python-irc.spec
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ sed -i 's/--flake8//' pytest.ini
 
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %check
+export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 %pytest
 %endif