diff --git a/package/python/python.mk b/package/python/python.mk
index c96d21897e..4e927660a8 100644
--- a/package/python/python.mk
+++ b/package/python/python.mk
@@ -219,14 +219,16 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON_REMOVE_PY_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON_REMOVE_PY_FILES
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON_REMOVE_PYC_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyc' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyc' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON_REMOVE_PYC_FILES
 endif
@@ -234,7 +236,8 @@ endif
 # In all cases, we don't want to keep the optimized .pyo files
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 define PYTHON_REMOVE_PYO_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyo' -print0 | xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyo' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON_REMOVE_PYO_FILES
 endif
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index fddbf1bf49..3089c03b7b 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -214,14 +214,16 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYC_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON3_REMOVE_PY_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.py' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON3_REMOVE_PY_FILES
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PY_ONLY),y)
 define PYTHON3_REMOVE_PYC_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyc' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.pyc' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON3_REMOVE_PYC_FILES
 endif
@@ -231,7 +233,8 @@ endif
 # variant.
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 define PYTHON3_REMOVE_OPTIMIZED_PYC_FILES
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.opt-1.pyc' -print0 -o -name '*.opt-2.pyc' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) -name '*.opt-1.pyc' -print0 -o -name '*.opt-2.pyc' -print0 | \
+		xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty rm -f
 endef
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PYTHON3_REMOVE_OPTIMIZED_PYC_FILES
 endif