diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile.am b/lang/python/Makefile.am
index 84b39c53..a6fd6396 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile.am
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile.am
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ install-exec-local:
 	done
 
 uninstall-local:
-	set -x; GV=$$(echo $(VERSION) | tr - _); for PYTHON in $(PYTHONS); do \
+	set -x; \
+	GV=$$(echo $(VERSION) | tr - _); \
+	normalizedGV=$$(echo $$GV | sed s/_beta/b/); \
+	for PYTHON in $(PYTHONS); do \
 	  PLATLIB="$(prefix)/$$("$${PYTHON}" -c 'import sysconfig, os; print(os.path.relpath(sysconfig.get_path("platlib", scheme="posix_prefix"), sysconfig.get_config_var("prefix")))')" ; \
 	  rm -rf -- "$(DESTDIR)$${PLATLIB}/gpg" \
-		"$(DESTDIR)$${PLATLIB}"/gpg-$$GV-py*.egg-info ; \
+		"$(DESTDIR)$${PLATLIB}"/gpg-$$GV-py*.egg-info \
+		"$(DESTDIR)$${PLATLIB}"/gpg-$$normalizedGV-py*.egg ; \
 	done