Index: Mk/Uses/python.mk
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--- Mk/Uses/python.mk
+++ Mk/Uses/python.mk
@@ -860,15 +860,15 @@
 .if defined(_POSTMKINCLUDED) && !defined(_INCLUDE_USES_PYTHON_POST_MK)
 _INCLUDE_USES_PYTHON_POST_MK=	yes
 
+LDSHARED?=	${CC} -shared
+MAKE_ENV+=	LDSHARED="${LDSHARED}" PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=y
+
 # py-distutils support
 PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGURE_TARGET?=	config
 PYDISTUTILS_BUILD_TARGET?=	build
 PYDISTUTILS_INSTALL_TARGET?=	install
 
 .  if defined(_PYTHON_FEATURE_DISTUTILS)
-LDSHARED?=	${CC} -shared
-MAKE_ENV+=	LDSHARED="${LDSHARED}" PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE= PYTHONOPTIMIZE=
-
 .    if !target(do-configure) && !defined(HAS_CONFIGURE) && !defined(GNU_CONFIGURE)
 do-configure:
 	@(cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}; ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} ${PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGURE_TARGET} ${PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGUREARGS})