diff --git a/make-example-zips.sh b/make-example-zips.sh
index 80ae4a5d..d9a6ec6b 100644
--- a/make-example-zips.sh
+++ b/make-example-zips.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Remove un-needed files
+rm -rf ./**/__pycache__
+
 # Compress all the example directories in .zip files to be uploaded for a release
 mkdir ./dist
 for f in example-flask* ; do