diff --git a/00159-correct-libdb-include-path.patch b/00159-correct-libdb-include-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f96fc20..0000000
--- a/00159-correct-libdb-include-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist.orig	2012-07-17 09:05:45.000000000 +0200
-+++ Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist	2012-07-17 09:06:01.011696892 +0200
-@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
- # Edit the variables DB and DBLIBVERto point to the db top directory
- # and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
- DBLIBVER=4.8
--DBINC=/usr/include/db4
-+DBINC=/usr/include/libdb4
- DBLIB=/usr/lib
- _bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb-$(DBLIBVER)
- 
diff --git a/python-2.6.4-setup-db48.patch b/python-2.6.4-setup-db48.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c9f5f5c..0000000
--- a/python-2.6.4-setup-db48.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist.setup-db48 Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist
---- Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist.setup-db48	2009-12-17 22:05:07.000020150 -0500
-+++ Python-2.6.4/Modules/Setup.dist	2009-12-17 22:05:12.545015367 -0500
-@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ gdbm gdbmmodule.c -lgdbm
- #
- # Edit the variables DB and DBLIBVERto point to the db top directory
- # and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
--DBLIBVER=4.7
-+DBLIBVER=4.8
- DBINC=/usr/include/db4
- DBLIB=/usr/lib
- _bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb-$(DBLIBVER)
-
diff --git a/python-2.7.1-config.patch b/python-2.7.1-config.patch
index ea1c5d6..7815d15 100644
--- a/python-2.7.1-config.patch
+++ b/python-2.7.1-config.patch
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
  
  
  # Sleepycat Berkeley DB interface.
-@@ -412,11 +412,10 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
+@@ -412,11 +412,9 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
  #
  # Edit the variables DB and DBLIBVERto point to the db top directory
  # and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
@@ -222,10 +222,9 @@
 -#DBINC=$(DB)/include
 -#DBLIB=$(DB)/lib
 -#_bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb-$(DBLIBVER)
-+DBLIBVER=4.7
-+DBINC=/usr/include/db4
++DBINC=/usr/include/libdb
 +DBLIB=/usr/lib
-+_bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb-$(DBLIBVER)
++_bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb
  
  # Historical Berkeley DB 1.85
  #
diff --git a/python-2.7.3-lib64.patch b/python-2.7.3-lib64.patch
index 7b02a01..9578b7f 100644
--- a/python-2.7.3-lib64.patch
+++ b/python-2.7.3-lib64.patch
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ diff -up Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist.lib64 Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist
 --- Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist.lib64	2013-02-19 13:58:20.442015131 -0500
 +++ Python-2.7.3/Modules/Setup.dist	2013-02-19 14:02:25.255998391 -0500
 @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ gdbm gdbmmodule.c -lgdbm
+ # Edit the variables DB and DBLIBVERto point to the db top directory
  # and the subdirectory of PORT where you built it.
- DBLIBVER=4.8
- DBINC=/usr/include/db4
+ DBINC=/usr/include/libdb
 -DBLIB=/usr/lib
 +DBLIB=/usr/lib64
- _bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb-$(DBLIBVER)
+ _bsddb _bsddb.c -I$(DBINC) -L$(DBLIB) -ldb
  
  # Historical Berkeley DB 1.85
 @@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ cPickle cPickle.c
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index a24175e..1c0ab0d 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python-docs when changing this:
 Version: 2.7.4
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: bluez-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: bzip2
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
-%if 0%{?fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 18 || 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} < 7
-BuildRequires: db4-devel >= 4.8
-%endif
 
 # expat 2.1.0 added the symbol XML_SetHashSalt without bumping SONAME.  We use
 # it (in pyexpat) in order to enable the fix in Python-2.7.3 for CVE-2012-0876:
@@ -139,9 +136,7 @@ BuildRequires: gdbm-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 BuildRequires: gmp-devel
-%if 0%{?fedora} >= 18 || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
-BuildRequires: libdb4-devel
-%endif
+BuildRequires: libdb-devel
 BuildRequires: libffi-devel
 BuildRequires: libGL-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
@@ -334,9 +329,6 @@ Patch16: python-2.6-rpath.patch
 # super() as it's an old-style class
 Patch17: python-2.6.4-distutils-rpath.patch
 
-# Patch setup.py so that it links against db-4.8:
-Patch54: python-2.6.4-setup-db48.patch
-
 # 00055 #
 # Systemtap support: add statically-defined probe points
 # Patch based on upstream bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue4111
@@ -680,13 +672,6 @@ Patch157: 00157-uid-gid-overflows.patch
 # Upstream as of Python 2.7.4
 # Patch158: 00158-fix-hashlib-leak.patch
 
-# 00159 #
-# From F18 on, there is a libdb4 package, that replaces db4. It places header
-# files in "/usr/include/libdb4", not in "/usr/include/db4", this patch
-# fixes this.
-# Downstream only modification.
-Patch159: 00159-correct-libdb-include-path.patch
-
 # 00160 #
 # python3.spec's
 #   Patch160: 00160-disable-test_fs_holes-in-rpm-build.patch
@@ -1044,8 +1029,6 @@ done
 # Try not disabling egg-infos, bz#414711
 #patch50 -p1 -b .egginfo
 
-%patch54 -p1 -b .setup-db48
-
 # patch101: upstream as of Python 2.7.4
 %if "%{_lib}" == "lib64"
 %patch102 -p1 -b .lib64
@@ -1119,7 +1102,6 @@ done
 %patch156 -p1
 %patch157 -p1
 # 00158: upstream as of Python 2.7.4
-%patch159 -p1 -F 3
 # 00160: not for python 2
 # 00161: not for python 2 yet
 # 00162: not for python 2 yet
@@ -1969,6 +1951,11 @@ rm -fr %{buildroot}
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 11 2013 Kalev Lember <kalevlember@gmail.com> - 2.7.4-2
+- Build with libdb 5.3 instead of libdb4
+- Refreshed patches: 0 (config), 102 (lib64)
+- Dropped patches: 54 (db4 version), 159 (db4 include path adjustment)
+
 * Mon Apr 08 2013 Bohuslav Kabrda <bkabrda@redhat.com> - 2.7.4-1
 - Updated to Python 2.7.4.
 - Refreshed patches: 0 (config), 7 (sqlite encoding), 16 (rpath in config),