diff --git a/contrib/release/removepyc.sh b/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
index 1c66363b..5df59126 100755
--- a/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
+++ b/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-find "${1:-.}" -name "*.pyc" | xargs rm
-find "${1:-.}" -name "*\$py.class" | xargs rm
+(cd "{$1:-.}";
+        find . -name "*.pyc" | xargs rm -- 2>/dev/null) || echo "ok"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 931d47b9..727123fa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ commands = {toxinidir}/contrib/release/removepyc.sh {toxinidir}
                 --with-xunit                                    \
                 --xunit-file=nosetests.xml
 
-
 [testenv:py27]
 basepython = python2.7
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements/default.txt