diff --git a/python/wscript_build b/python/wscript_build
deleted file mode 100644
index d3a80e70d26..00000000000
--- a/python/wscript_build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-obj = bld(features = 'py',name='pythonmodules')
-obj.find_sources_in_dirs('lib', exts=['.py'])
diff --git a/scripts/wscript_build b/scripts/wscript_build
deleted file mode 100644
index 6730263e22f..00000000000
--- a/scripts/wscript_build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bld.substitute('**',"${AGENTLIBDIR}/scripts",chmod=0755)
diff --git a/wscript_build b/wscript_build
index b6b3aef1c1b..5abd6667aee 100644
--- a/wscript_build
+++ b/wscript_build
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ tgen = bld(rule=Utils.runant, name='runant', source=ant_sources, target=ant_jars
 
 # =================== C / Python compilation =========================
 
-bld.recurse(["daemonize","python"],'build')
+bld.recurse(["daemonize"],'build')
+obj = bld(features = 'py',name='pythonmodules')
+obj.find_sources_in_dirs('python/lib', exts=['.py'])
 
 # ===================== End C / Python compilation ==========================