diff -Naur root.as-needed/bindings/pyroot/Module.mk root/bindings/pyroot/Module.mk
--- root.as-needed/bindings/pyroot/Module.mk	2011-07-10 10:42:48.991561304 +0400
+++ root/bindings/pyroot/Module.mk	2011-07-10 10:43:21.493339703 +0400
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@
 ROOTPY       := $(subst $(MODDIR),$(LPATH),$(ROOTPYS))
 $(LPATH)/%.py: $(MODDIR)/%.py; cp $< $@
 endif
-ROOTPYC      := $(ROOTPY:.py=.pyc)
-ROOTPYO      := $(ROOTPY:.py=.pyo)
 
 # used in the main Makefile
 ALLHDRS      += $(patsubst $(MODDIRI)/%.h,include/%.h,$(PYROOTH))
@@ -68,10 +66,8 @@
 include/%.h:    $(PYROOTDIRI)/%.h
 		cp $< $@
 
-%.pyc: %.py;    python -c 'import py_compile; py_compile.compile( "$<" )'
-%.pyo: %.py;    python -O -c 'import py_compile; py_compile.compile( "$<" )'
 
-$(PYROOTLIB):   $(PYROOTO) $(PYROOTDO) $(ROOTPY) $(ROOTPYC) $(ROOTPYO) \
+$(PYROOTLIB):   $(PYROOTO) $(PYROOTDO) $(ROOTPY) \
                 $(ROOTLIBSDEP) $(PYTHONLIBDEP)
 		@$(MAKELIB) $(PLATFORM) $(LD) "$(LDFLAGS)" \
 		  "$(SOFLAGS)" libPyROOT.$(SOEXT) $@ \
@@ -113,7 +109,7 @@
 
 distclean-$(MODNAME): clean-$(MODNAME)
 		@rm -f $(PYROOTDEP) $(PYROOTDS) $(PYROOTDH) $(PYROOTLIB) \
-		   $(ROOTPY) $(ROOTPYC) $(ROOTPYO) $(PYROOTMAP) \
+		   $(ROOTPY) $(PYROOTMAP) \
 		   $(PYROOTPYD) $(PYTHON64DEP) $(PYTHON64)
 
 distclean::     distclean-$(MODNAME)