diff --git a/packages/python/system/dbus-python/build b/packages/python/system/dbus-python/build
index d17aad08e0..9f3eb8478d 100755
--- a/packages/python/system/dbus-python/build
+++ b/packages/python/system/dbus-python/build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $SCRIPTS/build Python
 $SCRIPTS/build dbus
 $SCRIPTS/build dbus-glib
 
-. config/options.python
+PYTHON_LIBDIR="`ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python*`"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --disable-static \
             --enable-shared \
-            --enable-thread
 
 make
 
 $MAKEINSTALL
 
-$PYTHON -Wi -t $PYTHON_LIBDIR/compileall.py .
+python -Wi -t $PYTHON_LIBDIR/compileall.py .