diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
index 3e9baa12f..5006b3173 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/build.sh
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ rm -rf "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt/lib/libQt5Quick*
 rm -rf "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt/lib/libQt5Location*
 rm -rf "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt/lib/libQt5Test*
 rm -rf "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt/lib/libQt5Xml*
+rm -rf "$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/PyQt5/Qt.so
+
 
 # these are deleted as they were not deterministic; and are not needed anyway
 find "$APPDIR" -path '*/__pycache__*' -delete