diff --git a/package/base/python/python.conf b/package/base/python/python.conf
index 33e41f3e3..e42c9a271 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.conf
+++ b/package/base/python/python.conf
@@ -20,32 +20,8 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-# If this is enabled, the resulting python binary will not run without X11
-# and Tcl/Tk. So there is no _tkinter module on default ...
-#
-enable_tcltk() {
-	if [ -f /usr/include/tcl.h -a -f /usr/include/tk.h ] ; then
-		echo "Found tcl.h and tk.h: enabling tcltk support"
-		{ echo "_tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \\" ;
-	          echo "	-L/usr/X11R6/lib -I/usr/X11R6/include \\" ;
-	          echo "	-ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 -lX11" ;
-		} >> Modules/Setup.local
-		export LIBS="$LIBS -ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11"
-	fi
-}
-
-make_py_profile() {
-	echo "export LIBPYTHON='-lpython2.5$LIBS'" > $root/etc/profile.d/python
-}
-
-export LIBS=
-runpysetup=0
-preconf="enable_tcltk"
-postmake="make_py_profile"
-confopt="$confopt --with-threads --enable-shared"
+runpysetup="0"
 
 # We can savely ignore this dependencies.
 var_append flistrfilter "|" ".*:	/usr/lib/python.*/site-packages/.*"
 
-versionhotfix 2.5.1
-
diff --git a/package/base/python/python.desc b/package/base/python/python.desc
index 8fb1a3ffb..6a380304b 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.desc
+++ b/package/base/python/python.desc
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.5.1
+[V] 2.6.2
 [P] X --?--5---9 116.097
 
-[D] 1342971328 Python-2.5.1.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/
+[D] 365861345 Python-2.6.2.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/
 
 [CV-URL] http://www.python.org/download/