diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index e75e010c95..6ee54eaa61 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'python'.
 pkgname=python
 version=2.7.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="Python-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel>=6.3 gdbm-devel openssl-devel expat-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel"
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ do_install() {
 post_install() {
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libpython*.so*
 	install -Dm644 LICENSE ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses/python/LICENSE
-	# Remove test module.
+	# Remove test module and tests that fail to be byte-compiled.
 	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/test
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python2.7/lib2to3/tests
 }
 
 python-devel_package() {