--- python.eclass
+++ python.eclass
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@
 				if [[ "$(_python_get_implementation "${PYTHON_ABI}")" != "Jython" ]]; then
 					"$(PYTHON ${PYTHON_ABI})" -O "${root}$(python_get_libdir)/py_compile.py" "${other_files[@]}" &> /dev/null || return_code="1"
 				fi
-				_python_clean_compiled_modules "${other_dirs[@]}"
+				_python_clean_compiled_modules "${other_files[@]}"
 			fi
 			eend "${return_code}"
 		fi