diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
index f248160a89f09ab1658f927c9d872e5bbd592ccb..bc33ec5e568502afd10c2e74d0f19ebdea3e1973 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/debian/gstlal-ugly.install
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 usr/bin/*
 usr/lib/gstreamer-*/*.so*
-usr/lib/gstreamer-*/python/*
+#usr/lib/gstreamer-*/python/*
 usr/lib/python*/*/gstlal
 usr/share/gstlal/*
diff --git a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
index d330ce89c4749a259b2e60c6b76fd32218df6df9..a87363379d10bb2f7d4dc933ba94f6682b3f1efe 100644
--- a/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-ugly/gstlal-ugly.spec.in
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}
 %{_datadir}/gstlal/*
 %{_docdir}/gstlal-*
 %{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/*.so
-%{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/python/*
+#%{_libdir}/gstreamer-@GSTREAMER_RELEASE@/python/*
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/python*/site-packages/gstlal
 
 %files devel