diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/showtime/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sh/showtime/package.nix
index d44b9a041d0a..1b6262e84aa9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sh/showtime/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/showtime/package.nix
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     export HOME="$TEMPDIR"
   '';
 
-  # HACK: To get rid of unreproducible __pycache__ created by pythonImportsCheck.
-  # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/469081
-  deletePycachePhase = ''
-    find $out/lib -type d -name __pycache__ -prune -exec rm -vr {} \;
-  '';
-  postPhases = [ "deletePycachePhase" ];
-
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {
       packageName = "showtime";