PREFERRED_VERSION_udev ?= "158"
 PREFERRED_VERSION_wpa-supplicant ?= "0.6.10"
 
+# Force the python versions in one place
+PYTHON_BASEVERSION ?= "2.6"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_python ?= "2.6.5"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_python-native ?= "2.6.5"
+
 
 #
 # meta-moblin package PREFERRED_VERSIONS
 
 # Specify the default rpm macros in terms of adjustable variables
 rpm_macros = "%{_usrlibrpm}/macros:%{_usrlibrpm}/poky/macros:%{_usrlibrpm}/poky/%{_target}/macros:~/.oerpmmacros"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-python=$PYTHONVER \
-               --with-python-inc-dir=${STAGING_INCDIR}/python$PYTHONVER \
-               --with-python-lib-dir=${libdir}/python$PYTHONVER \
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-python=${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} \
+               --with-python-inc-dir=${STAGING_INCDIR}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} \
+               --with-python-lib-dir=${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} \
                --with-db=internal \
                --with-db-tools-integrated \
                --with-libelf \
 
        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/perfile_rpmdeps.sh ${D}/${libdir}/rpm/perfile_rpmdeps.sh
 
-       mv ${D}/${libdir}/python$PYTHONVER/rpm/${HOST_SYS}-__init__.py \
-               ${D}/${libdir}/python$PYTHONVER/rpm/__init__.py
+       mv ${D}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}/rpm/${HOST_SYS}-__init__.py \
+               ${D}/${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}/rpm/__init__.py
 
 }
 
-def rpm_python_version(d):
-       import os, bb
-       staging_incdir = bb.data.getVar( "STAGING_INCDIR", d, 1 )
-       if os.path.exists( "%s/python2.6" % staging_incdir ): return "2.6"
-       if os.path.exists( "%s/python2.5" % staging_incdir ): return "2.5"
-       if os.path.exists( "%s/python2.4" % staging_incdir ): return "2.4"
-       if os.path.exists( "%s/python2.3" % staging_incdir ): return "2.3"
-       raise "No Python in STAGING_INCDIR. Forgot to build python/python-native?"
-
-# Use a shell variable here since otherwise gettext trys to expand this at 
-# parse time when it manipulates EXTRA_OECONF which fails
-export PYTHONVER = "${@rpm_python_version(d)}"
-
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"