diff --git a/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch b/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 178966eed..000000000
--- a/package/base/python/curses_panel_hotfix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -pruN Python-2.4.3-orig/Modules/_curses_panel.c Python-2.4.3/Modules/_curses_panel.c
---- Python-2.4.3-orig/Modules/_curses_panel.c	2006-03-07 14:39:26.000000000 +0100
-+++ Python-2.4.3/Modules/_curses_panel.c	2006-07-12 08:54:11.000000000 +0200
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static char *PyCursesVersion = "2.1";
- 
- #include "py_curses.h"
- 
--#include <panel.h>
-+#include <ncurses/panel.h>
- 
- static PyObject *PyCursesError;
- 
diff --git a/package/base/python/dont-force-rebuild-all.patch b/package/base/python/dont-force-rebuild-all.patch
index d04767423..c5d714ffb 100644
--- a/package/base/python/dont-force-rebuild-all.patch
+++ b/package/base/python/dont-force-rebuild-all.patch
@@ -1,36 +1,17 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
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-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/python/dont-force-rebuild-all.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
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-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
---- ./Makefile.pre.in.orig	2004-12-09 02:28:08.906608936 +0100
-+++ ./Makefile.pre.in	2004-12-09 02:29:16.036403656 +0100
-@@ -719,19 +719,19 @@
+--- ./Makefile.pre.in.orig	2006-12-08 21:46:13.000000000 +0100
++++ ./Makefile.pre.in	2007-05-25 19:51:05.000000000 +0200
+@@ -774,19 +774,19 @@
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
  	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
  		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 -		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 +		-d $(LIBDEST) \
- 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+ 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
  	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
  		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 -		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 +		-d $(LIBDEST) \
- 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+ 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
  	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
  		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 -		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
diff --git a/package/base/python/python.conf b/package/base/python/python.conf
index 3aab2187f..33e41f3e3 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.conf
+++ b/package/base/python/python.conf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ enable_tcltk() {
 }
 
 make_py_profile() {
-	echo "export LIBPYTHON='-lpython2.4$LIBS'" > $root/etc/profile.d/python
+	echo "export LIBPYTHON='-lpython2.5$LIBS'" > $root/etc/profile.d/python
 }
 
 export LIBS=
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ confopt="$confopt --with-threads --enable-shared"
 # We can savely ignore this dependencies.
 var_append flistrfilter "|" ".*:	/usr/lib/python.*/site-packages/.*"
 
-versionhotfix 2.4.3
+versionhotfix 2.5.1
+
diff --git a/package/base/python/python.desc b/package/base/python/python.desc
index 3273c9f9a..371ea8d69 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.desc
+++ b/package/base/python/python.desc
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.4.3
+[V] 2.5.1
 [P] X -?---5---9 122.400
 
-[D] 3497946814 Python-2.4.3.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/
+[D] 1342971328 Python-2.5.1.tar.bz2 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/
 
 [CV-URL] http://www.python.org/download/