diff -u wicd.old/PKGBUILD wicd/PKGBUILD
--- wicd.old/PKGBUILD	2011-03-23 09:11:30.000000000 -0400
+++ wicd/PKGBUILD	2011-03-23 09:14:34.918000027 -0400
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   install=wicd.install  
 
   cd $srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver
-  python2 setup.py install --root=$pkgdir
+  python2 setup.py install --optimize=1 --root=$pkgdir
 
   # Add custom rc.d script
   install -Dm755 $srcdir/wicd-daemon $pkgdir/etc/rc.d/wicd
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
               'hicolor-icon-theme')
 
   cd $srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver
-  python2 setup.py install --root=$pkgdir
+  python2 setup.py install --optimize=1 --root=$pkgdir
 
   install -Dm644 $srcdir/wicd.desktop $pkgdir/usr/share/applications/wicd.desktop