diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index 32199f85c..bbd0197fb 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -53,338 +53,100 @@ endef
 
 define Package/python
 $(call Package/python/Default)
-  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib +libffi +libopenssl +libcrypto
+  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +zlib +libffi +libopenssl
 endef
 
 define Package/python/description
-$(call Package/python/Default/description)
-  .
-  This package contains only a minimal Python install.
+  This package contains only the interpreter and the bare minimum
+  for the interpreter to start.
 endef
 
 define Package/python-full
 $(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE+= (full)
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python
+  TITLE:=Full install (minus a few libs)
+  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libncursesw
 endef
 
 define Package/python-full/description
-$(call Package/python/Default/description)
- .
- This package contains the full Python install.
-endef
-
-define Package/python-doc
-$(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE:=Python interactive documentation
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python
-endef
-
-define Package/python-bzip2
-$(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE:=Python support for Bzip2
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libbz2
-endef
-
-define Package/python-expat
-$(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE:=Python support for expat
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libexpat
-endef
-
-define Package/python-gzip
-$(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE:=Python support for gzip
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python
-endef
-
-define Package/python-openssl
-$(call Package/python/Default)
- TITLE:=Python support for OpenSSL
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libopenssl
-endef
-
-define Package/python-shutil
-$(call Package/python/Default)
-  TITLE:=Python support for shutil
-  DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python
-endef
-
-# Needs datetime
-define Package/python-sqlite3
-$(call Package/python/Default)
- TITLE:=Python support for sqlite3
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libsqlite3
-endef
-
-define Package/python-gdbm
-$(call Package/python/Default)
- TITLE:=Python support for gdbm
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libgdbm
-endef
-
-define Package/python-readline
-$(call Package/python/Default)
- TITLE:=Python support for readline
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libreadline +libncursesw @BROKEN
-endef
-
-define Package/python-ncurses
-$(call Package/python/Default)
- TITLE:=Python support for readline
- DEPENDS:=@PACKAGE_python +PACKAGE_python:python +libncursesw
+  This package contains the (almost) full Python install.
 endef
 
 MAKE_FLAGS:=\
-	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 	DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
 	CROSS_COMPILE=yes \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DNDEBUG -fno-inline" \
-	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -L$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
 	LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	PGEN=pgen2
 
+EXTRA_CFLAGS+= \
+	-DNDEBUG -fno-inline
+EXTRA_LDFLAGS+= \
+	-L$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+
 ENABLE_IPV6:=
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_IPV6),y)
 	ENABLE_IPV6 += --enable-ipv6
 endif
 
-define Build/Configure
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) distclean
-	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); autoreconf --force --install || exit 0)
-	$(CP) ./files/config.site $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
-	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc \
-		--enable-shared \
-		--without-cxx-main \
-		--with-threads \
-		--with-system-ffi="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
-		--without-ensurepip \
-		--without-pymalloc \
-		$(ENABLE_IPV6) \
-		CONFIG_SITE="$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/config.site" \
-		OPT="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-	)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--sysconfdir=/etc \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--without-cxx-main \
+	--with-threads \
+	--with-system-ffi="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
+	--without-pymalloc \
+	$(ENABLE_IPV6) \
+	CONFIG_SITE="$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/config.site" \
+	OPT="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
+
+define Hooks/Configure/Pre/ConfigSiteInstall
+	$(CP) ./files/config.site $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/config.site
 endef
 
+Hooks/Configure/Pre+=\
+	Hooks/Configure/Pre/ConfigSiteInstall
+
 define Build/InstallDev
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(2)/bin $(1)/usr/bin $(1)/usr/include $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR)/mk/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/python-package.mk $(STAGING_DIR)/mk/
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION) \
-		$(1)/usr/include/
-	$(CP) \
-		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* \
-		$(1)/usr/lib/
-	$(CP) \
-		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config \
-		$(1)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/
-
-	$(CP) \
-		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)-config \
-		$(2)/bin/
-	$(SED) 's,^#!.*,#!/usr/bin/env python$(PYTHON_VERSION),g' $(2)/bin/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)-config
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-full/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/bsddb/test
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/ctypes/test
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils/tests
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/email/test
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/idlelib
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/json/tests
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-tk
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sqlite3
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/test
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib2to3
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-old
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/bz2.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/gdbm.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ssl.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pydoc_data
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pydoc.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ctypes_test.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_testcapi.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/__future__.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_abcoll.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/abc.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/codecs.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/compileall.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/ConfigParser.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/copy.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/copy_reg.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/dis.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/encodings
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/fnmatch.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/genericpath.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/getopt.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/glob.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/hashlib.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/inspect.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/array.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/binascii.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/cStringIO.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/dbm.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_bsddb.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/fcntl.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/grp.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/itertools.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/math.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_hashlib.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/operator.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_random.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/readline.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/select.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_socket.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/strop.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_struct.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/syslog.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/time.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/unicodedata.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/linecache.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/md5.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/new.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/opcode.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/optparse.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/os.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pickle.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pickle.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pkgutil.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/popen2.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/posixpath.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/py_compile.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/random.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/repr.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/re.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sha.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/socket.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_compile.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_constants.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_parse.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stat.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/StringIO.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stringprep.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/string.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/struct.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/subprocess.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/tempfile.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/textwrap.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/tokenize.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/token.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/traceback.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/types.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/UserDict.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/warnings.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/weakref.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_weakrefset.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sysconfig.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/functools.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_functools.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/collections.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_collections.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/keyword.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/heapq.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_heapq.so
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/bisect.py
--|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_bisect.so
 endef
 
 define PyPackage/python/filespec
 +|/usr/bin/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/__future__.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_abcoll.py
++|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py
++|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_weakrefset.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/abc.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/codecs.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/compileall.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/ConfigParser.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/copy.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/copy_reg.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/dis.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/encodings
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/fnmatch.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/genericpath.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/getopt.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/glob.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/hashlib.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/inspect.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/array.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/binascii.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/cStringIO.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/fcntl.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/grp.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/itertools.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/math.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_hashlib.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/operator.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_random.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/select.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_socket.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/strop.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_struct.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/syslog.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/time.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/unicodedata.so
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/linecache.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/md5.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/new.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/opcode.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/optparse.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/os.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pickle.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pickle.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pkgutil.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/popen2.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/posixpath.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/py_compile.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/random.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/repr.py
++|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/os.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/re.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sha.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/socket.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_compile.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_constants.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre_parse.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sre.py
++|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sysconfig.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stat.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/StringIO.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/stringprep.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/string.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/struct.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/subprocess.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/tempfile.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/textwrap.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/tokenize.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/token.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/traceback.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/types.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/UserDict.py
 +|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/warnings.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/weakref.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_weakrefset.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config/Makefile
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sysconfig.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/functools.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_functools.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/collections.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_collections.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/keyword.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/heapq.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_heapq.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/bisect.py
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_bisect.so
+endef
+
+define PyPackage/python-full/filespec
++|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/distutils
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/idlelib
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib2to3
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-tk
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_testcapi.so
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pdb.doc
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/test
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/webbrowser.py
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/*/test
+-|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/*/tests
 endef
 
 define PyPackage/python/install
@@ -393,104 +155,22 @@ define PyPackage/python/install
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION).so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
-define PyPackage/python-doc/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pydoc_data
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/pydoc.py
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-bzip2/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/bz2.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-expat/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/pyexpat.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-gzip/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/gzip.py
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-openssl/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_ssl.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-shutil/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/shutil.py
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-sqlite3/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/sqlite3
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_sqlite3.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-gdbm/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/gdbm.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-readline/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/readline.so
-endef
-
-define PyPackage/python-ncurses/filespec
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses.so
-+|/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_curses_panel.so
-endef
-
-define Host/Configure
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) distclean
-	(cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR); autoreconf --force --install || exit 0)
-	(cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR); \
-		rm -rf config.cache; \
-		CONFIG_SITE= \
-		OPT="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
-		./configure \
-			--without-cxx-main \
-			--without-ensurepip \
-			--without-pymalloc \
-			--with-threads \
-			--prefix=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST); \
-	)
-endef
-
-define Host/Compile
-	+$(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
-		python Parser/pgen
-	+$(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
-		sharedmods
-endef
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--without-cxx-main \
+	--without-pymalloc \
+	--with-threads \
+	--prefix=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)
 
 define Host/Install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/
-	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) \
-		install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/Parser/pgen $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/pgen2
 endef
 
-
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))
 
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python))
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python-full))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-doc))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-bzip2))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-expat))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-gzip))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-openssl))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-shutil))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-sqlite3))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-gdbm))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-readline))
-$(eval $(call PyPackage,python-ncurses))
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-full))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-doc))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-bzip2))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-expat))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-gzip))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-openssl))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-shutil))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-sqlite3))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-gdbm))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-readline))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,python-ncurses))
diff --git a/lang/python/files/python-package.mk b/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
index ecf48d1e3..07f27197c 100644
--- a/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
+++ b/lang/python/files/python-package.mk
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ PYTHON_PKG_DIR:=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages
 
 PYTHON:=python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 
+HOST_PYTHON_LIB_DIR:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 HOST_PYTHON_BIN:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python2
 
+PYTHONPATH:=$(PYTHON_LIB_DIR):$(STAGING_DIR)/$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)
 define HostPython
-	(	export PYTHONPATH="$(PYTHON_LIB_DIR):$(STAGING_DIR)/$(PYTHON_PKG_DIR)"; \
+	(	export PYTHONPATH="$(PYTHONPATH)"; \
 		export PYTHONOPTIMIZE=""; \
 		export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1; \
 		$(1) \
@@ -28,6 +30,13 @@ define HostPython
 	)
 endef
 
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
+# This is required in addition to PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0 because otherwise MIPS16
+# flags are inherited from the Python base package (via sysconfig module)
+ifdef CONFIG_USE_MIPS16
+  TARGET_CFLAGS += -mno-mips16 -mno-interlink-mips16
+endif
+
 define PyPackage
   $(call shexport,PyPackage/$(1)/filespec)