diff --git a/python-Faker.changes b/python-Faker.changes
index eac3dff..7744f4f 100644
--- a/python-Faker.changes
+++ b/python-Faker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 10 10:15:00 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
+
+- Remove pre-existing bytecode files in the sdist, which were
+  being included in the runtime package and causing lint warnings
+  on Leap 42.3 & SLE 12 SP4, and they were breaking tests on Leap 15.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 14 14:44:47 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-Faker.spec b/python-Faker.spec
index 163ea8e..d596e2b 100644
--- a/python-Faker.spec
+++ b/python-Faker.spec
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ testing, and data anonymization from production services.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n Faker-%{version}
+# Remove pre-existing bytecode files in the sdist
+find . -name '*.py[co]' -delete
 # do not hardcode pytest version
 sed -i -e 's:"pytest>=3.8.0,<3.9":"pytest>=3.8.0":g' setup.py