diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-snakeoil/template b/srcpkgs/python3-snakeoil/template
index eaa5945aae9..f547107ebec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-snakeoil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-snakeoil/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.8.8
 revision=3
 wrksrc="snakeoil-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
 depends="python3"
 short_desc="Python3 optimized versions of common python functionality"
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ homepage="https://github.com/pkgcore/snakeoil"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/snakeoil/snakeoil-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8381ed730cb4c127c2cb5f99ed8a148d3f2bc492de21f035aae8913f7a106d63
 
+post_extract() {
+	local _f
+	for _f in src/snakeoil/*.pyx; do
+		rm -f ${_f%.pyx}.c
+	done
+}
+
 pre_check() {
 	export PYTHONPATH=$(cd build/lib* && pwd)
 }