diff --git a/packages/lang/Python-host/build b/packages/lang/Python-host/build
index 0175f12f07..a008832850 100755
--- a/packages/lang/Python-host/build
+++ b/packages/lang/Python-host/build
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$HOST_INCDIR" \
 
 cp Parser/pgen $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
 
-# symlink python binary to python2 (needed for Mesa)
-  ln -sf python $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2
-
 # replace python-config to make sure python uses $SYSROOT_PREFIX
   mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
   rm -rf $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python*-config
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/meta b/packages/lang/Python/meta
index eca71315f9..0a10562956 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/meta
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="Python"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7.2"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f284dba555..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-016-python_symlink-0.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Use a symlink between python and pythonVERSION
-
-By default, a hard link is used between /usr/bin/python and
-/usr/bin/pythonVERSION. Using hard links for such things is fairly
-uncommon, so let's make a symbolic link instead.
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
-
----
- Makefile.pre.in |    2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-Index: Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in
-===================================================================
---- Python-2.7.1.orig/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
- 	then rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(PYTHON); \
- 	else true; \
- 	fi
--	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON))
-+	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON))
- 	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python-config
- 	(cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)-config python-config)
- 	-test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC) || $(INSTALL) -d -m $(DIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC)
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-001_xcompile.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch
similarity index 85%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-001_xcompile.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch
index b8acda082a..b443eeac5c 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-001_xcompile.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/configure Python-2.7.2.patch/configure
---- Python-2.7.2/configure	2011-06-11 17:46:28.000000000 +0200
-+++ Python-2.7.2.patch/configure	2011-10-25 13:10:19.311789641 +0200
-@@ -13673,7 +13673,7 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/configure Python-2.7.3.patch/configure
+--- Python-2.7.3/configure	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/configure	2012-04-16 14:27:58.161470960 +0200
+@@ -13697,7 +13697,7 @@
    $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
  else
    if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/configure Python-2.7.2.patch/configure
  else
    cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
  /* end confdefs.h.  */
-@@ -13725,7 +13725,7 @@
+@@ -13749,7 +13749,7 @@
  $as_echo "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" >&6; }
  fi
  
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/configure Python-2.7.2.patch/configure
  then
  
  $as_echo "#define PY_FORMAT_LONG_LONG \"ll\"" >>confdefs.h
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
---- Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-06-11 17:46:26.000000000 +0200
-+++ Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-25 13:11:38.879809670 +0200
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-10 01:07:33.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:30:27.753099115 +0200
 @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
  
  PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
  POBJS=		\
  		Parser/acceler.o \
  		Parser/grammar1.o \
-@@ -407,8 +410,8 @@
+@@ -408,8 +411,8 @@
  # Build the shared modules
  sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
  	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
  	esac
  
  # Build static library
-@@ -542,7 +545,7 @@
+@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@
  $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): Parser/pgen.stamp
  Parser/pgen.stamp: $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
  		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
  		-touch Parser/pgen.stamp
  
  $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
-@@ -925,26 +928,26 @@
- 		done; \
- 	done
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
+@@ -938,26 +941,26 @@
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
+ 	fi
 -	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
 -		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 +	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
  
  # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..
  $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR):
-@@ -1049,7 +1052,9 @@
+@@ -1062,7 +1065,9 @@
  # Install the dynamically loadable modules
  # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
  sharedinstall: sharedmods
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
  	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
  		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
  		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/setup.py Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py
---- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-06-11 17:46:28.000000000 +0200
-+++ Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py	2011-10-25 13:10:19.300789501 +0200
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/setup.py Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/setup.py	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py	2012-04-16 14:27:58.164471010 +0200
 @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
  # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
  disabled_module_list = []
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
similarity index 75%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
index 8dc36012c5..00b2fb1eb6 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
---- Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-30 11:41:31.642572564 +0100
-+++ Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-30 11:44:08.289571802 +0100
-@@ -928,24 +928,6 @@
- 		done; \
- 	done
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:49:16.353716188 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:50:03.740554039 +0200
+@@ -941,24 +941,6 @@
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
+ 	fi
 -	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
 -		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 -		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-008-reread-environment.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-008-reread-environment.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-008-reread-environment.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-008-reread-environment.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-015_no_static_lib.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-015_no_static_lib.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.2-015_no_static_lib.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-015_no_static_lib.patch