diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
index 99834696d9..cc7fdbf341 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="Python"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7.9"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-001_xcompile.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-001_xcompile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-001_xcompile.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-001_xcompile.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-002_xcompile_path.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-002_xcompile_path.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-002_xcompile_path.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-002_xcompile_path.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-008-reread-environment.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-008-reread-environment.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-008-reread-environment.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-008-reread-environment.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-009-distutils-rpath.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-009-distutils-rpath.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-009-distutils-rpath.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-009-distutils-rpath.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-015_no_static_lib.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-015_no_static_lib.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-015_no_static_lib.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-015_no_static_lib.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-016-default-is-optimized.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-016-default-is-optimized.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-016-default-is-optimized.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-016-default-is-optimized.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
similarity index 61%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
index fa8639ad5c..50f8f85e46 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.9-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.9/Lib/socket.py Python-2.7.9.patch/Lib/socket.py
---- Python-2.7.9/Lib/socket.py	2014-12-10 16:59:40.000000000 +0100
-+++ Python-2.7.9.patch/Lib/socket.py	2015-01-03 14:29:58.115421938 +0100
-@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
+diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
+index aac04f6..02aa293 100644
+--- a/Lib/socket.py
++++ b/Lib/socket.py
+@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ else:
      from _ssl import SSLError as sslerror
      from _ssl import \
           RAND_add, \
@@ -9,22 +10,24 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.9/Lib/socket.py Python-2.7.9.patch/Lib/socket.py
           RAND_status, \
           SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN, \
           SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, \
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.9/Lib/ssl.py Python-2.7.9.patch/Lib/ssl.py
---- Python-2.7.9/Lib/ssl.py	2014-12-10 16:59:40.000000000 +0100
-+++ Python-2.7.9.patch/Lib/ssl.py	2015-01-03 14:30:32.551484567 +0100
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
- from _ssl import (VERIFY_DEFAULT, VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_LEAF, VERIFY_CRL_CHECK_CHAIN,
-     VERIFY_X509_STRICT)
- from _ssl import txt2obj as _txt2obj, nid2obj as _nid2obj
+diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
+index 666cea3..64e196a 100644
+--- a/Lib/ssl.py
++++ b/Lib/ssl.py
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import _ssl             # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
+ from _ssl import OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO, OPENSSL_VERSION
+ from _ssl import SSLError
+ from _ssl import CERT_NONE, CERT_OPTIONAL, CERT_REQUIRED
 -from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_egd, RAND_add
 +from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_add
- 
- def _import_symbols(prefix):
-     for n in dir(_ssl):
-diff -Naur Python-2.7.9/Modules/_ssl.c Python-2.7.9.patch/Modules/_ssl.c
---- Python-2.7.9/Modules/_ssl.c	2014-12-10 16:59:53.000000000 +0100
-+++ Python-2.7.9.patch/Modules/_ssl.c	2015-01-03 14:31:22.944576245 +0100
-@@ -3301,32 +3301,6 @@
+ from _ssl import \
+      SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN, \
+      SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, \
+diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
+index 752b033..9541df7 100644
+--- a/Modules/_ssl.c
++++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
+@@ -1601,32 +1601,6 @@ Returns 1 if the OpenSSL PRNG has been seeded with enough data and 0 if not.\n\
  It is necessary to seed the PRNG with RAND_add() on some platforms before\n\
  using the ssl() function.");
  
@@ -57,11 +60,11 @@ diff -Naur Python-2.7.9/Modules/_ssl.c Python-2.7.9.patch/Modules/_ssl.c
  #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL_RAND */
  
  
-@@ -3720,8 +3694,6 @@
+@@ -1640,8 +1614,6 @@ static PyMethodDef PySSL_methods[] = {
  #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_RAND
      {"RAND_add",            PySSL_RAND_add, METH_VARARGS,
       PySSL_RAND_add_doc},
--    {"RAND_egd",            PySSL_RAND_egd, METH_VARARGS,
+-    {"RAND_egd",            PySSL_RAND_egd, METH_O,
 -     PySSL_RAND_egd_doc},
      {"RAND_status",         (PyCFunction)PySSL_RAND_status, METH_NOARGS,
       PySSL_RAND_status_doc},