diff --git a/git.spec.in b/git.spec.in
index ab224f7eae..0a031088da 100644
--- a/git.spec.in
+++ b/git.spec.in
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Error)
 Perl interface to Git
 
 %define path_settings ETC_GITCONFIG=/etc/gitconfig prefix=%{_prefix} mandir=%{_mandir} htmldir=%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
+%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make %{_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
      %{path_settings} \
      INSTALLDIRS=vendor install %{!?_without_docs: install-doc}
+test ! -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib} || rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitelib}
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} ';'
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name '*.bs' -empty -exec rm -f {} ';'
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name perllocal.pod -exec rm -f {} ';'
@@ -190,6 +192,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # No files for you!
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 30 2010 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
+- We don't ship Python bits until a real foreign scm interface comes.
+
 * Mon Feb 04 2009 David J. Mellor <dmellor@whistlingcat.com>
 - fixed broken git help -w after renaming the git-core package to git.