diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend
deleted file mode 100644
index 0db91f1..0000000
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-
-# Remove all python .py files from python recipe. Only the .pyc
-# files are required. Only do this if the openbmc-phosphor-tiny
-# distro feature is enabled
-do_install_append_openbmc-phosphor-tiny() {
-    # The _sysconfigdata.py is a system configuration file generated
-    # during build time. It's used in the yocto packaging process so
-    # it is required to remain in the image.
-    find ${D}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN} -name \*.py ! -name _sysconfigdata.py -exec rm {} \;
-}