diff --git a/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7.ebuild b/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 84%
rename from dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7.ebuild
rename to dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7-r1.ebuild
index 5ddf377dafa2d..3369252c2d5f3 100644
--- a/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.21.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs
 
+src_prepare() {
+	# Do not install "docs" directory into site-packages
+	# https://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/issues/1248
+	sed -i -e '/package_data/d' setup.py || die
+	rm -r *.egg-info || die
+
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+}
+
 python_test() {
 	# remove interference from the tests that do stuff like user.name
 	unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_DATE