diff --git a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
index f689a9e..5d5e38a 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-phosphor/recipes-devtools/python/python3_%.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 ALTERNATIVE_${PN}-core += "python"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[python] = "${bindir}/python"
 ALTERNATIVE_TARGET[python] = "${bindir}/python3"
+
+# Even though python3 is built with --without-ensurepip, it still installs
+# a large, compressed version of pip.  Remove it to free up the space.
+do_install_append_class-target() {
+    rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/ensurepip
+}