diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 765a1b5325f3..5fb957c80a6e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ if hasArg clean; then
         rmdir ${bd} || true
     fi
     done
+
+    # Cleaning up python artifacts
+    find ${REPODIR}/python/ | grep -E "(__pycache__|\.pyc|\.pyo|\.so$)"  | xargs rm -rf
+
 fi