diff --git a/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-0.2.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-0.2.2.ebuild
index 228e51d34b403..c5007a5efda29 100644
--- a/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-0.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-0.2.2.ebuild
@@ -19,8 +19,3 @@ IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-python_compile() {
-	python_is_python3 || local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing"
-	distutils-r1_python_compile
-}
diff --git a/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-9999.ebuild
index 4d9d3be884673..d68a2826bdca7 100644
--- a/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pymountboot/pymountboot-9999.ebuild
@@ -19,8 +19,3 @@ IUSE=""
 
 RDEPEND=">=sys-apps/util-linux-2.20"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
-
-python_compile() {
-	python_is_python3 || local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing"
-	distutils-r1_python_compile
-}