diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/15-pycompile-snappy.chroot b/live-build/ubuntu-core/hooks/15-pycompile-snappy.chroot
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-# ensure python create the byte .pyc files for snappy
-snappy -v
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