diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pygame/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pygame/template
index ec00d18a784..6bb6448fe80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pygame/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pygame/template
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pygame/pygame-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8b1e7b63f47aafcdd8849933b206778747ef1802bd3d526aca45ed77141e4001
 
 export PORTMIDI_INC_PORTTIME=1
+
+post_extract() {
+	find src_c/cython/pygame -name '*.pyx' |
+		sed 's,cython/pygame/,,;s/pyx$/c/' |
+		xargs rm -f
+}