diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/build b/packages/lang/Python/build
index ebb700c104..ddd6185e84 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/build
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-PY_DISABLED_MODULES="readline _curses _curses_panel _tkinter nis gdbm bsddb _codecs_kr _codecs_jp _codecs_cn _codecs_tw _codecs_hk"
+PY_DISABLED_MODULES="readline _curses _curses_panel _tkinter nis gdbm bsddb"
 
 # dont use some optimizations because of problems
 # this fixes problems with expat (maybe)