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diff --git a/corepkgs/buildenv/builder.pl.in b/corepkgs/buildenv/builder.pl.in
index 9932ea577..4101f66a4 100755
--- a/corepkgs/buildenv/builder.pl.in
+++ b/corepkgs/buildenv/builder.pl.in
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ sub createLinks {
$baseName =~ s/^.*\///g; # strip directory
my $dstFile = "$dstDir/$baseName";
+ # The files below are special-cased so that they don't show up
+ # in user profiles, either because they are useless, or
+ # because they would cause pointless collisions (e.g., each
+ # Python package brings its own
+ # `$out/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/easy-install.pth'.)
# Urgh, hacky...
- if ($srcFile =~ /\/propagated-build-inputs$/ ||
+ if ($srcFile =~ /\/propagated-build-inputs$/ ||
$srcFile =~ /\/nix-support$/ ||
$srcFile =~ /\/perllocal.pod$/ ||
+ $srcFile =~ /\/easy-install.pth$/ ||
$srcFile =~ /\/info\/dir$/ ||
$srcFile =~ /\/log$/)
{