--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
     pythonBuildDir = os.path.join(buildRoot, pythonPrefixDir[1:])
 
     if os.path.isdir('source'):
-        compileall.compile_dir('source', ddir=os.path.join(prefixDir, 'source'))
+        # don't compile, let our eclass handle that
+        # compileall.compile_dir('source', ddir=os.path.join(prefixDir, 'source'))
         print 'Installing files...'
         print '  Copying python files to %s' % pythonBuildDir
         removeDir(pythonBuildDir)         # remove old?