1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.2.bb
index 9eddad4ad4..a86542e547 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.8.2.bb
@@ -360,3 +360,9 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = ""
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests_append_class-target = " bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests_append_class-nativesdk = " bash"
+
+# Python's tests contain large numbers of files we don't need in the recipe sysroots
+SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += " py3_sysroot_cleanup"
+py3_sysroot_cleanup () {
+        rm -rf ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/test
+}