diff --git a/srcpkgs/redshift/template b/srcpkgs/redshift/template
index 491249f9b1e..eefb6ee9ce1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redshift/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redshift/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'redshift'
 pkgname=redshift
 version=1.12
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-gui --enable-geoclue2"
 hostmakedepends="gettext-devel intltool pkg-config python3-devel"
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@ homepage="http://jonls.dk/redshift/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jonls/redshift/releases/download/v${version}/redshift-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=d2f8c5300e3ce2a84fe6584d2f1483aa9eadc668ab1951b2c2b8a03ece3a22ba
 
+post_extract() {
+	# The py-compile helper uses the imp module, removed in Python 3.12;
+	# besides, we don't want the module pre-compiled anyway, so just drop it
+	: > py-compile
+	cat > py-compile <<-'EOF'
+		#!/bin/sh
+		: "$@"
+		EOF
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vsconf redshift.conf.sample
 }