diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
index 288d5ede3a2..5dda382de8f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/create_manifest3.py
@@ -30,12 +30,6 @@
 # Its also important to note that this method only works for python files, and shared
 # libraries. Static libraries, header files and binaries need to be dealt with manually.
 #
-# This script differs from its python2 version mostly on how shared libraries are handled
-# The manifest file for python3 has an extra field which contains the cached files for
-# each package.
-# Tha method to handle cached files does not work when a module includes a folder which
-# itself contains the pycache folder, gladly this is almost never the case.
-#
 # Author: Alejandro Enedino Hernandez Samaniego <alejandro at enedino dot org>
 
 
@@ -77,12 +71,6 @@ def isFolder(value):
     else:
         return False
 
-def isCached(item):
-    if '__pycache__' in item:
-        return True
-    else:
-        return False
-
 def prepend_comments(comments, json_manifest):
     with open(json_manifest, 'r+') as manifest:
         json_contents = manifest.read()
@@ -123,12 +111,8 @@ print_indent('Getting dependencies for package: core', 0)
 output = subprocess.check_output([sys.executable, 'get_module_deps3.py', 'python-core-package', '%s' % debugFlag]).decode('utf8')
 for coredep in output.split():
     coredep = coredep.replace(pyversion,'${PYTHON_MAJMIN}')
-    if isCached(coredep):
-        if coredep not in old_manifest['core']['cached']:
-            old_manifest['core']['cached'].append(coredep)
-    else:
-        if coredep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
-            old_manifest['core']['files'].append(coredep)
+    if coredep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
+        old_manifest['core']['files'].append(coredep)
 
 
 # The second step is to loop through the existing files contained in the core package
@@ -139,12 +123,8 @@ for coredep in output.split():
 
 for filedep in old_manifest['core']['files']:
     if isFolder(filedep):
-        if isCached(filedep):
-            if filedep not in old_manifest['core']['cached']:
-                old_manifest['core']['cached'].append(filedep)
-        else:
-            if filedep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
-                old_manifest['core']['files'].append(filedep)
+        if filedep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
+            old_manifest['core']['files'].append(filedep)
         continue
     if '${bindir}' in filedep:
         if filedep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
@@ -175,12 +155,8 @@ for filedep in old_manifest['core']['files']:
     for pymodule_dep in output.split():
         pymodule_dep = pymodule_dep.replace(pyversion,'${PYTHON_MAJMIN}')
 
-        if isCached(pymodule_dep):
-            if pymodule_dep not in old_manifest['core']['cached']:
-                old_manifest['core']['cached'].append(pymodule_dep)
-        else:
-            if pymodule_dep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
-                old_manifest['core']['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
+        if pymodule_dep not in old_manifest['core']['files']:
+            old_manifest['core']['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
 
 
 # At this point we are done with the core package.
@@ -223,12 +199,10 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
     new_manifest[pypkg]['summary'] = old_manifest[pypkg]['summary']
     new_manifest[pypkg]['rdepends'] = []
     new_manifest[pypkg]['files'] = []
-    new_manifest[pypkg]['cached'] = old_manifest[pypkg]['cached']
 
     # All packages should depend on core
     if pypkg != 'core':
         new_manifest[pypkg]['rdepends'].append('core')
-        new_manifest[pypkg]['cached'] = []
 
     print('\n')
     print('--------------------------')
@@ -334,7 +308,7 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
                     for pypkg_with_folder in hasfolders:
                         if (folderFound == False):
                             # print('Checking folder %s on package %s' % (pymodule_dep,pypkg_with_folder))
-                            for folder_dep in old_manifest[pypkg_with_folder]['files'] or folder_dep in old_manifest[pypkg_with_folder]['cached']:
+                            for folder_dep in old_manifest[pypkg_with_folder]['files']:
                                 if folder_dep == folder:
                                     print ('%s directory found in %s' % (folder, pypkg_with_folder))
                                     folderFound = True
@@ -351,16 +325,13 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
 
             # No directories beyond this point
             # We might already have this module on the dictionary since it could depend on a (previously checked) module
-            if pymodule_dep not in new_manifest[pypkg]['files'] and pymodule_dep not in new_manifest[pypkg]['cached']:
+            if pymodule_dep not in new_manifest[pypkg]['files']:
                 # Handle core as a special package, we already did it so we pass it to NEW data structure directly
                 if pypkg == 'core':
                     print('Adding %s to %s FILES' % (pymodule_dep, pypkg))
                     if pymodule_dep.endswith('*'):
                         wildcards.append(pymodule_dep)
-                    if isCached(pymodule_dep):
-                        new_manifest[pypkg]['cached'].append(pymodule_dep)
-                    else:
-                        new_manifest[pypkg]['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
+                    new_manifest[pypkg]['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
 
                     # Check for repeated files
                     if pymodule_dep not in allfiles:
@@ -378,7 +349,7 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
                     for possible_rdep in old_manifest:
                         # Debug
                         # print('Checking %s ' % pymodule_dep + ' in %s' % possible_rdep)
-                        if pymodule_dep in old_manifest[possible_rdep]['files'] or pymodule_dep in old_manifest[possible_rdep]['cached']:
+                        if pymodule_dep in old_manifest[possible_rdep]['files']:
                             # Since were nesting, we need to check its not the same pypkg
                             if(possible_rdep != pypkg):
                                 if possible_rdep not in new_manifest[pypkg]['rdepends']:
@@ -393,10 +364,7 @@ for pypkg in old_manifest:
                       # A module shouldn't contain itself (${libdir}/python3/sqlite3 shouldnt be on sqlite3 files)
                       if os.path.basename(pymodule_dep) != pypkg:
                         reportFILES.append(('Adding %s to %s FILES\n' % (pymodule_dep, pypkg)))
-                        if isCached(pymodule_dep):
-                            new_manifest[pypkg]['cached'].append(pymodule_dep)
-                        else:
-                            new_manifest[pypkg]['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
+                        new_manifest[pypkg]['files'].append(pymodule_dep)
                         if pymodule_dep.endswith('*'):
                             wildcards.append(pymodule_dep)
                         if pymodule_dep not in allfiles:
@@ -423,7 +391,6 @@ print(hasfolders)
 # Sort it just so it looks nicer
 for pypkg in new_manifest:
     new_manifest[pypkg]['files'].sort()
-    new_manifest[pypkg]['cached'].sort()
     new_manifest[pypkg]['rdepends'].sort()
 
 # Create the manifest from the data structure that was built
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/no-compile-pyc.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/no-compile-pyc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e95458f8a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/no-compile-pyc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Don't compile the standard library to .pyc files, we'll do that at packaging instead.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160835]
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
+
+diff --git i/Makefile.pre.in w/Makefile.pre.in
+index 3d12153cb6c..b32eef4810a 100644
+--- i/Makefile.pre.in
++++ w/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -2829,16 +2829,6 @@ libinstall:	all $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c
+ 		echo "Applying app store compliance patch"; \
+ 		patch --force --reject-file "$(abs_builddir)/app-store-compliance.rej" --strip 2 --directory "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)" --input "$(abs_srcdir)/$(APP_STORE_COMPLIANCE_PATCH)" || true ; \
+ 	fi
+-	@ # Build PYC files for the 3 optimization levels (0, 1, 2)
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-o 0 -o 1 -o 2 $(COMPILEALL_OPTS) -d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-o 0 -o 1 -o 2 $(COMPILEALL_OPTS) -d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
+ 
+ # bpo-21536: Misc/python-config.sh is generated in the build directory
+ # from $(srcdir)Misc/python-config.sh.in.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
index 50fdf5d0eae..4cfbbf978d1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/*/tests",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/idlelib/idle_test/",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/test"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "asyncio": {
         "summary": "Python Asynchronous I/O",
@@ -118,8 +117,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/concurrent",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/concurrent/futures",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_asyncio.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "audio": {
         "summary": "Python Audio Handling",
@@ -128,9 +126,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/wave.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/wave.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "codecs": {
@@ -140,8 +135,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_multibytecodec.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "compile": {
         "summary": "Python bytecode compilation support",
@@ -152,11 +146,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/compileall.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/filecmp.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/py_compile.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/compileall.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/filecmp.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/py_compile.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "compression": {
@@ -170,10 +159,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/zipfile/",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/compression/",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_zstd.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/gzip.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/tarfile.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "core": {
@@ -322,112 +307,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/weakref.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/zipimport.py",
             "${prefix}/lib/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config*/*[!.a]"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/__future__.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_ast_unparse.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_bootlocale.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_collections_abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_colorize.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_compression.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_markupbase.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_opcode_metadata.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_py_warnings.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_sitebuiltins.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_sysconfigdata*.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_weakrefset.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/annotationlib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/argparse.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/ast.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/bisect.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/bz2.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/code.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/codecs.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/codeop.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/configparser.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/contextlib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/copy.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/copyreg.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/csv.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/dataclasses.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/dis.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/enum.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/fnmatch.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/functools.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/genericpath.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/getopt.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/gettext.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/glob.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/heapq.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/imp.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/inspect.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/io.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/ipaddress.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/keyword.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/linecache.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/locale.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/lzma.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/ntpath.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/opcode.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/operator.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/optparse.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/os.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pathlib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pkgutil.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/platform.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/posixpath.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/re.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/reprlib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/rlcompleter.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/runpy.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/selectors.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/shutil.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/signal.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/site.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/sre_compile.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/sre_constants.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/sre_parse.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/stat.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/stringprep.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/struct.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/subprocess.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/symbol.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/sysconfig.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/textwrap.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/threading.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/token.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/tokenize.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/traceback.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/types.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/typing.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/warnings.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/weakref.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/zipimport.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_pyrepl/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_pyrepl/__pycache__/pager.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/collections/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/collections/__pycache__/abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/encodings/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/encodings/__pycache__/aliases.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/encodings/__pycache__/latin_1.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/encodings/__pycache__/utf_8.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/importlib/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/importlib/__pycache__/_abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/importlib/__pycache__/abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/importlib/__pycache__/machinery.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/importlib/__pycache__/util.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pathlib/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pathlib/__pycache__/_abc.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pathlib/__pycache__/_local.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/re/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/re/__pycache__/_casefix.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/re/__pycache__/_compiler.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/re/__pycache__/_constants.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/re/__pycache__/_parser.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/sysconfig/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/urllib/__pycache__",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/urllib/__pycache__/parse.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "crypt": {
@@ -443,9 +322,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_sha1.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_sha2.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_sha3.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/hashlib.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "ctypes": {
@@ -459,8 +335,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/ctypes",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_ctypes.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_ctypes_test.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "curses": {
         "summary": "Python curses support",
@@ -471,8 +346,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/curses",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_curses.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "datetime": {
         "summary": "Python calendar and time support",
@@ -484,11 +358,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/calendar.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/datetime.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_datetime.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_strptime.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/calendar.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/datetime.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "db": {
@@ -499,8 +368,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/dbm",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_dbm.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "debugger": {
         "summary": "Python debugger",
@@ -513,14 +381,9 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/bdb.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pdb.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/bdb.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pdb.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "dev": {
-        "cached": [],
         "files": [
             "${base_libdir}/*.a",
             "${base_libdir}/*.o",
@@ -546,9 +409,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/difflib.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/difflib.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "doctest": {
@@ -564,9 +424,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/doctest.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/doctest.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "email": {
@@ -583,9 +440,6 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/imaplib.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/imaplib.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "ensurepip": {
@@ -595,8 +449,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/ensurepip/"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "fcntl": {
         "summary": "Python's fcntl interface",
@@ -605,8 +458,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/fcntl.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "gdbm": {
         "summary": "Python GNU database support",
@@ -615,8 +467,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_gdbm.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "html": {
         "summary": "Python HTML processing support",
@@ -625,8 +476,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/html"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "idle": {
         "summary": "Python Integrated Development Environment",
@@ -636,8 +486,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${bindir}/idle*",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/idlelib"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "image": {
         "summary": "Python graphical image handling",
@@ -646,9 +495,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/colorsys.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/colorsys.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "io": {
@@ -666,12 +512,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/socket.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/ssl.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/tempfile.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_pyio.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/socket.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/ssl.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/tempfile.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "json": {
@@ -682,8 +522,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/json",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_json.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "logging": {
         "summary": "Python logging support",
@@ -697,8 +536,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/logging"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "mailbox": {
         "summary": "Python mailbox format support",
@@ -714,9 +552,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/mailbox.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/mailbox.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "math": {
@@ -728,9 +563,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_random.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/cmath.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/random.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/random.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "mime": {
@@ -740,9 +572,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/quopri.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/quopri.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "mmap": {
@@ -752,11 +581,9 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/mmap.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "modules": {
-        "cached": [],
         "files": [],
         "rdepends": [
             "asyncio",
@@ -832,8 +659,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_multiprocessing.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_posixshmem.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/multiprocessing"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "netclient": {
         "summary": "Python Internet Protocol clients",
@@ -860,16 +686,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/smtplib.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/urllib",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/uuid.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/base64.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/ftplib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/hmac.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/mimetypes.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/poplib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/secrets.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/smtplib.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/uuid.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "netserver": {
@@ -880,9 +696,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/socketserver.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/socketserver.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "numbers": {
@@ -898,13 +711,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_contextvars.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_decimal.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/numbers.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_pydecimal.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/contextvars.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/decimal.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/fractions.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/numbers.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "pickle": {
@@ -918,12 +724,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pickle.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pickletools.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/shelve.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_compat_pickle.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pickle.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pickletools.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/shelve.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "pkgutil": {
@@ -931,8 +731,7 @@
         "rdepends": [
             "core"
         ],
-        "files": [],
-        "cached": []
+        "files": []
     },
     "plistlib": {
         "summary": "Generate and parse Mac OS X .plist files",
@@ -943,9 +742,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/plistlib.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/plistlib.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "pprint": {
@@ -955,9 +751,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pprint.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pprint.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "profile": {
@@ -970,11 +763,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_lsprof.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/profile.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pstats.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/cProfile.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/profile.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pstats.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "pydoc": {
@@ -986,9 +774,6 @@
             "${bindir}/pydoc*",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pydoc.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pydoc_data"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pydoc.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "resource": {
@@ -998,8 +783,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/resource.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "shell": {
         "summary": "Python shell-like functionality",
@@ -1010,10 +794,6 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/cmd.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/shlex.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/cmd.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/shlex.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "sqlite3": {
@@ -1025,8 +805,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/sqlite3"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "statistics": {
         "summary": "Basic statistics module",
@@ -1038,9 +817,6 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_statistics.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/statistics.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/statistics.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "stringold": {
@@ -1051,8 +827,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/string",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/string/__pycache__"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "syslog": {
         "summary": "Python syslog interface",
@@ -1061,8 +836,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/syslog.*.so"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "terminal": {
         "summary": "Python terminal controlling support",
@@ -1073,10 +847,6 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pty.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/tty.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/pty.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/tty.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "threading": {
@@ -1088,10 +858,6 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_threading_local.py",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_queue.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/queue.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_threading_local.*.pyc",
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/queue.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "tkinter": {
@@ -1101,8 +867,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/tkinter"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "tomllib": {
         "summary": "Provides an interface for parsing TOML",
@@ -1111,8 +876,7 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/tomllib/"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "unittest": {
         "summary": "Python unit testing framework",
@@ -1131,8 +895,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/unittest",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/unittest/",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/unittest/__pycache__"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "unixadmin": {
         "summary": "Python Unix administration support",
@@ -1142,9 +905,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/getpass.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/getpass.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "venv": {
@@ -1157,8 +917,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${bindir}/pyvenv*",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/venv"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "xml": {
         "summary": "Python basic XML support",
@@ -1169,8 +928,7 @@
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_elementtree.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/pyexpat.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/xml"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "xmlrpc": {
         "summary": "Python XML-RPC support",
@@ -1192,8 +950,7 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/xmlrpc",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/xmlrpc/__pycache__"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     },
     "zipapp": {
         "summary": "Tools to manage the creation of zip files containing Python code",
@@ -1203,9 +960,6 @@
         ],
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/zipapp.py"
-        ],
-        "cached": [
-            "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/zipapp.*.pyc"
         ]
     },
     "zoneinfo": {
@@ -1217,7 +971,6 @@
         "files": [
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/_zoneinfo.*.so",
             "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/zoneinfo"
-        ],
-        "cached": []
+        ]
     }
 }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
index 28e67330d1a..c57868bf709 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.14.10.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PV}/Python-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://0001-gh-146207-Add-support-for-OpenSSL-4.0.0.patch \
            file://0002-gh-148292-Update-_ssl._SSLSocket-for-OpenSSL-4.patch \
            file://0003-gh-148292-Remove-shutdown-test-in-test_ssl.test_got_eof.patch \
+           file://no-compile-pyc.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI:append:class-native = " \
            file://0001-Lib-sysconfig.py-use-prefix-value-from-build-configu.patch \
@@ -135,24 +136,10 @@ EOF
 
 CPPFLAGS += "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/ncursesw -I${STAGING_INCDIR}/uuid"
 
-# COMPILEALL_OPTS= ensures that .pyc are not compiled in parallel
-# This was found to lock up builds, break reproducibility, and produce strange file ownership
-# races.
-#
-# The upstream commit introducing the change was:
-# https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1a2dd82f56bd813aacc570e172cefe55a8a41504
-#
-# The build lock up issue is reported here:
-# https://bugs.python.org/issue45945
-#
-# The repro failures are documented here:
-# https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/repro-fail/oe-reproducible-20211130-yr_o1a8d/packages/diff-html/
-
 EXTRA_OEMAKE = '\
   STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
   STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
   LIB=${baselib} \
-  COMPILEALL_OPTS= \
 '
 
 # Generate a Profile Guided Optimisation wrapper script that uses qemu-user for
@@ -192,15 +179,6 @@ do_install:append:class-native() {
         # buffer is 128 bytes long).
         ln -s python3-native/python3 ${D}${bindir}/nativepython3
 
-        # Remove the opt-1.pyc and opt-2.pyc files. There are over 3,000 of them
-        # and the overhead in each recipe-sysroot-native isn't worth it, particularly
-        # when they're only used for python called with -O or -OO.
-        #find ${D} -name *opt-*.pyc -delete
-        # Remove all pyc files. There are a ton of them and it is probably faster to let
-        # python create the ones it wants at runtime rather than manage in the sstate
-        # tarballs and sysroot creation.
-        find ${D} -name *.pyc -delete
-
         # Nothing should be looking into ${B} for python3-native
         sed -i -e 's:${B}:/build/path/unavailable/:g' \
                 ${D}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/config-${PYTHON_MAJMIN}${PYTHON_ABI}*/Makefile
@@ -213,8 +191,6 @@ do_install:append:class-native() {
 }
 
 do_install:append() {
-        rm -f ${D}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/__pycache__/_sysconfigdata*.cpython*
-
         mkdir -p ${D}${libdir}/python-sysconfigdata
         sysconfigfile=`find ${D} -name _sysconfig*.py`
         sed -i  \
@@ -229,11 +205,6 @@ do_install:append() {
                 -e "s,${B},/build/path/unavailable/,g" \
                 $sysconfigfile
         cp $sysconfigfile ${D}${libdir}/python-sysconfigdata/_sysconfigdata.py
-
-        # Remove the opt-1.pyc and opt-2.pyc files. They effectively waste space on embedded
-        # style targets as they're only used when python is called with the -O or -OO options
-        # which is rare.
-        find ${D} -name *opt-*.pyc -delete
 }
 
 do_install:append:class-nativesdk () {
@@ -353,6 +324,9 @@ provide_target_config_script() {
         install -d ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${prefix}/python-target-config/
         install ${D}/${bindir}/python3-config ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}/${prefix}/python-target-config/
         install ${D}/${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-config ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}/${prefix}/python-target-config/
+        # Compile the sysconfigdata in the target sysroot as it will be generated if
+        # python3targetconfig is inherited.
+        python3 -mcompileall ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_sysconfigdata*.py -s ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR} -p /
 }
 SYSROOT_DIRS += "${prefix}/python-target-config/"
 
@@ -385,11 +359,6 @@ py_package_preprocess () {
                 ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_sysconfig_vars*.json \
                 ${PKGD}/${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-config
 
-        # Recompile _sysconfigdata after modifying it
-        for c in ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/_sysconfigdata*.py; do
-            python3 -mcompileall $c -s ${PKGD} -p /
-        done
-
         mv ${PKGD}/${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-config ${PKGD}/${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-config-${MULTILIB_SUFFIX}
 
         #Remove the unneeded copy of target sysconfig data
@@ -399,9 +368,28 @@ py_package_preprocess () {
         sed -i -e 's:${BUILD_ARCH}-${HOST_OS}:${HOST_ARCH}-${HOST_OS}:g' ${PKGD}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/build-details.json
 }
 
+# Compile the .py files in PKGDEST to .pyc. This is done during do_package so the .pyc files
+# are always packaged with the .py.
+py_compile_py() {
+        if [ "${INCLUDE_PYCS}" != "0" ]; then
+            bbnote Compiling python bytecode...
+            # Need to do each package individually so we can strip the correct path prefix
+            for dir in $(find ${PKGDEST} -type d -maxdepth 1); do
+                # Currently compileall isn't deterministic when ran
+                # in parallel so we can't yet pass -j.
+                # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/129724
+                nativepython3 -mcompileall \
+                    -f -s $dir -p / -x 'bad_coding|badsyntax' \
+                    $dir
+            done
+        fi
+}
+PACKAGESPLITFUNCS += "py_compile_py"
+
 # We want bytecode precompiled .py files (.pyc's) by default
 # but the user may set it on their own conf
 INCLUDE_PYCS ?= "1"
+INCLUDE_PYCS:class-native = "0"
 
 python(){
     import collections, json
@@ -452,11 +440,6 @@ python(){
         for value in python_manifest[key]['files']:
             d.appendVar('FILES:' + pypackage, ' ' + value)
 
-        # Add cached files
-        if include_pycs == '1':
-            for value in python_manifest[key]['cached']:
-                    d.appendVar('FILES:' + pypackage, ' ' + value)
-
         for value in python_manifest[key]['rdepends']:
             # Make it work with or without $PN
             if '${PN}' in value: