--- cmake/PythonMacros.cmake
+++ cmake/PythonMacros.cmake
@@ -22,40 +22,4 @@
   # Install the source file.
   INSTALL(FILES ${SOURCE_FILE} DESTINATION ${DESINATION_DIR})
 
-  # Byte compile and install the .pyc file.        
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_absfilename ${SOURCE_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_filename ${SOURCE_FILE} NAME)
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_filenamebase ${SOURCE_FILE} NAME_WE)
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_basepath ${SOURCE_FILE} PATH)
-
-  if(WIN32)
-    string(REGEX REPLACE ".:/" "/" _basepath "${_basepath}")
-  endif(WIN32)
-
-  SET(_bin_py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath}/${_filename})
-  SET(_bin_pyc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath}/${_filenamebase}.pyc)
-
-  FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basepath})
-
-  SET(_message "-DMESSAGE=Byte-compiling ${_bin_py}")
-
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_abs_bin_py ${_bin_py} ABSOLUTE)
-  IF(_abs_bin_py STREQUAL ${_absfilename})    # Don't copy the file onto itself.
-    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-      TARGET compile_python_files
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo ${message}
-      COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${_python_compile_py} ${_bin_py}
-      DEPENDS ${_absfilename}
-    )
-  ELSE(_abs_bin_py STREQUAL ${_absfilename})
-    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-      TARGET compile_python_files
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo ${message} 
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${_absfilename} ${_bin_py}
-      COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${_python_compile_py} ${_bin_py}
-      DEPENDS ${_absfilename}
-    )
-  ENDIF(_abs_bin_py STREQUAL ${_absfilename})
-
-  INSTALL(FILES ${_bin_pyc} DESTINATION ${DESINATION_DIR})
 ENDMACRO(PYTHON_INSTALL)
--- python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@
 
 SET (QGIS_PYTHON_DIR ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/qgis)
 
-ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(compile_python_files ALL)
-
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET compile_python_files
        POST_BUILD
        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${QGIS_PYTHON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}