diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2371e4f54..52636e449 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-07-06  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Remove the python stuff, now that the bindings
+	are out of tree.
+
 2006-07-06  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* configure.ac: Mark this as 0.1.1, and change the version info
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f88879cc..339c06753 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -124,64 +124,6 @@ GTK_DOC_CHECK([1.0])
 
 dnl ========================================================================
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(python,
-            [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-python], [Compile with python bindings])],enable_python="$enableval",enable_python=no)
-
-if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes"; then
-   AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python, no)
-   if test x$PYTHON = xno; then
-      AC_MSG_ERROR(Please install python)
-      fi
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING(Python compile flags)
-      changequote(<<, >>)dnl
-      PY_VER=`$PYTHON -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars("VERSION")[0];'`
-      PY_LIB=`$PYTHON -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(standard_lib=1);'`
-      PY_INC=`$PYTHON -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars("INCLUDEPY")[0];'`
-      PY_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print sys.prefix'`
-      PY_EXEC_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print sys.exec_prefix'`
-      changequote([, ])dnl
-      if test -f $PY_INC/Python.h; then
-	 PYTHON_LIBS="-L$PY_LIB/config -lpython$PY_VER -lpthread -lutil"
-				       PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I$PY_INC"
-					AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
-					else
-						AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Python.h])
-						fi
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK, pygtk-2.0)
-	PYGTK_CODEGENDIR="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=codegendir pygtk-2.0`"
-	PYGTK_DEFSDIR="`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`"
-	AC_PATH_PROG(PYGTK_CODEGEN, pygtk-codegen-2.0, no)
-	if test x$PYGTK_CODEGEN = xno; then
-	   AC_MSG_ERROR(Please install the application pygtk-codegen-2.0)
-	   fi
-	   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pygtk codegendir)
-	   AC_MSG_RESULT($PYGTK_CODEGENDIR)
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for pygtk defsdir)
-        AC_MSG_RESULT($PYGTK_DEFSDIR)
-
-	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_PYTHON], [1], [Enable python bindings])
-else
-	PY_VER=""
-	PYTHON_CFLAGS=""
-	PYTHON_LIBS=""
-        PYGTK_CFLAGS=""
-        PYGTK_LIBS=""
-	PYGTK_CODEGENDIR=""
-	PYGTK_CODEGEN=""
-	PYGTK_DEFSDIR=""
-fi
-AC_SUBST(PY_VER)
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(PYGTK_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CODEGENDIR)
-AC_SUBST(PYGTK_DEFSDIR)
-
-AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_PYTHON, test x$enable_python = xyes)
-
-dnl ========================================================================
-
 AC_SUBST(GCC_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
@@ -213,7 +155,6 @@ echo "                 ==================="
 echo ""
 echo "                   prefix:   ${prefix}"
 echo ""
-echo "          Python Bindings:   ${enable_python}"
 echo "              GTK+ Widget:   ${enable_gtk}"
 echo "            Documentation:   ${enable_gtk_doc}"
 echo ""