diff --git a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-pip.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-pip.mk
index 33f30abfa..a27d40a4e 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-pip.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-pip.mk
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ define Py3Package/python3-pip/install
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-pip/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/pip \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-pip/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/pip-$(PYTHON3_PIP_VERSION).dist-info \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/
-	for _ in \$(seq 1 10) ; do \
-		find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} \; || continue ; \
-		break ; \
-	done
+	find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -path '*/__pycache__/*' -delete
+	find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -type d -name __pycache__ -delete
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-pip, \
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-setuptools.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-setuptools.mk
index ead951006..b3ccce895 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-setuptools.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-setuptools.mk
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ define Py3Package/python3-setuptools/install
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-setuptools/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/setuptools-$(PYTHON3_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION).dist-info \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-setuptools/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/easy_install.py \
 		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages
-	for _ in \$(seq 1 10) ; do \
-		find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -name __pycache__ -exec rm -rf {} \; || continue ; \
-		break ; \
-	done
+	find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -path '*/__pycache__/*' -delete
+	find $(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/ -type d -name __pycache__ -delete
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-setuptools, \