diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cython.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cython.bbclass
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+DEPENDS:append = " python3-cython-native"
+
+# Remap the build paths that appear in generated .c code
+export CYTHON_PREFIX_MAP = "${S}=${TARGET_DBGSRC_DIR} ${B}=${TARGET_DBGSRC_DIR}"
+
+do_compile[postfuncs] = "strip_cython_metadata"
+strip_cython_metadata() {
+    # Remove the Cython Metadata headers that we don't need after the build, and
+    # may contain build paths.
+    find ${B} -name "*.c" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e "/BEGIN: Cython Metadata/,/END: Cython Metadata/d"
+}