diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index a5dce14a63..3aaef02d68 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1392,6 +1392,8 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd_lxc.aug
 
 %if ! %{with_python}
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/libvirt-python-%{version}
+%else
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/doc/libvirt-python-%{version}/examples
 %endif
 
 %if ! %{with_qemu}