diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-md2gemini/template b/srcpkgs/python3-md2gemini/template
index 508f152fa93..4b4f88c7233 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-md2gemini/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-md2gemini/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-md2gemini'
 pkgname=python3-md2gemini
 version=1.8.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="md2gemini-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-mistune2 python3-cjkwrap
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/md2gemini"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/md2gemini/md2gemini-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3ef2bd2d9e2b4968a844a2858f721348429f3a0b5976bd1c324198538103ca55
+
+post_install() {
+	# remove tests directory polluting site-packages
+	rm -r $DESTDIR/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/tests
+}