diff --git a/hacking/env-setup b/hacking/env-setup
index 8ba483279b..2bd08b46d5 100644
--- a/hacking/env-setup
+++ b/hacking/env-setup
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ fi
 	cd "$ANSIBLE_HOME"
 	if [ "$verbosity" = silent ] ; then
 	    gen_egg_info > /dev/null 2>&1
+            rm **/*.pyc > /dev/null 2>&1
 	else
 	    gen_egg_info
+            rm **/*.pyc
 	fi
 	cd "$current_dir"
 )
diff --git a/hacking/env-setup.fish b/hacking/env-setup.fish
index 1b872f4dc0..079a10b47d 100644
--- a/hacking/env-setup.fish
+++ b/hacking/env-setup.fish
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if test -e $PREFIX_PYTHONPATH/ansible*.egg-info
     rm -r $PREFIX_PYTHONPATH/ansible*.egg-info
 end
 mv ansible*egg-info $PREFIX_PYTHONPATH
+rm **/*.pyc
 popd