diff --git a/libxcb.spec b/libxcb.spec
index 3aad71d..e839c01 100644
--- a/libxcb.spec
+++ b/libxcb.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
-
-%define xpyb_version 1.1
-
-# Define this when bootstrapping to avoid the xpyb loop
-#define bootstrap 1
-
 Name:           libxcb
 Version:        1.7
 Release:        1%{?dist}
@@ -20,7 +13,6 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 # we don't need the library because glibc has working pthreads, but we need
 # the pkgconfig file so libs that link against libxcb know this...
 Source1:	pthread-stubs.pc.in
-Source2:	http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/xpyb-%{xpyb_version}.tar.bz2 
 
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig
@@ -28,13 +20,9 @@ BuildRequires:  doxygen
 BuildRequires:  graphviz
 BuildRequires:  libXau-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxslt
-BuildRequires:	python-devel
 BuildRequires:  xcb-proto >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-proto-devel
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-util-macros
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-BuildRequires:	libxcb-devel
-%endif
 
 %description
 The X protocol C-language Binding (XCB) is a replacement for Xlib featuring a
@@ -59,40 +47,15 @@ BuildArch:	noarch
 %description    doc
 The %{name}-doc package contains documentation for the %{name} library.
 
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-%package	python
-Summary:	Python bindings for %{name}
-Group:		Development/Libraries
-Provides:	xpyb
-
-%description	python
-Python bindings for %{name}.
-%endif
-
 %prep
 %setup -q -b2
 
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-pushd ../xpyb-%{xpyb_version}
-# XXX fix me upstream please
-sed -i 's@$(pythondir)@$(pyexecdir)@' src/Makefile.am
-popd
-%endif
-
 %build
 autoreconf -v --install
 %configure --disable-static --docdir=%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version} \
 	   --enable-selinux
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-pushd ../xpyb-%{xpyb_version}
-autoreconf -v --install
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-popd
-%endif
-
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
@@ -101,12 +64,6 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_includedir}/xcb/xprint.h
 install -m 644 COPYING NEWS README $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}
 sed 's,@libdir@,%{_libdir},;s,@prefix@,%{_prefix},;s,@exec_prefix@,%{_exec_prefix},' %{SOURCE1} > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/pthread-stubs.pc
 
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-pushd ../xpyb-%{xpyb_version}
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-popd
-%endif
-
 find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -name '*.la' -delete
 
 %clean
@@ -151,13 +108,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_datadir}/doc/%{name}-%{version}
 
-%if !0%{?bootstrap}
-%files python
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{python_sitearch}/xcb
-%endif
-
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 26 2010 Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> 1.7-2
+- Drop python bindings, nothing's using them.
+
 * Mon Aug 16 2010 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com> 1.7-1
 - libxcb 1.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a7bba7a..dda4b50 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-0d82bbaa97f89e41aada9fab5630147a  xpyb-1.1.tar.bz2
-d19c0ba6ba42ebccd3d62d8bb147b551  libxcb-1.5.tar.bz2
 925699df361b99491165ebc12068056b  libxcb-1.7.tar.bz2