diff --git a/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile b/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
index 7c68f39e96..4f2045007a 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-automat/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-automat
 PKG_VERSION:=25.4.16
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=automat
 PKG_HASH:=0017591a5477066e90d26b0e696ddc143baafd87b588cfac8100bc6be9634de0
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ define Py3Package/python3-automat/filespec
 -|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/automat/_visualize.py
 endef
 
+# Drop the automat-visualize binary: it imports automat._visualize,
+# which is excluded above because it needs the optional graphviz dependency.
+define Py3Package/python3-automat/install
+	:
+endef
+
 $(eval $(call Py3Package,python3-automat))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-automat))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python3-automat-src))