diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index f5b2aa35e3..034e3eb913 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fi
 # this fixes problems with faac implementation of ffmpeg
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
 
-  export PYTHON_VERSION="2.7"
+  export PYTHON_VERSION="2.6"
   export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION"
   export PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION -lpython$PYTHON_VERSION"
   export PYTHON_SITE_PKG="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"