diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 46c1c5b..cfd088a 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package boost-devel
+boost-devel
   requires -boost-<targettype>
 libboost_atomic1_56_0
 libboost_container1_56_0
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ libboost_mpi1_56_0
 libboost_test1_56_0
 libboost_program_options1_56_0
 libboost_python1_56_0
-libboost_python3-1_56_0
 libboost_random1_56_0
 libboost_serialization1_56_0
 libboost_signals1_56_0
diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index 8d1e1b2..ad474e1 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  5 07:44:38 UTC 2014 - dimstar@opensuse.org
+
+- Revert the python3 building: it resulted in BOTH libboost_python
+  libraries to be using python 3 instructions, resulting in
+  failures of all Py2 related packages.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct  2 12:17:18 UTC 2014 - michael.hamann@kit.edu
 
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index fec327d..4b5eb1b 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 %define boost_libs1 libboost_date_time%{lib_appendix} libboost_filesystem%{lib_appendix} libboost_graph%{lib_appendix}
 %define boost_libs2 libboost_iostreams%{lib_appendix} libboost_math%{lib_appendix} libboost_test%{lib_appendix}
-%define boost_libs3 libboost_program_options%{lib_appendix} libboost_python%{lib_appendix} libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix} libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix}
+%define boost_libs3 libboost_program_options%{lib_appendix} libboost_python%{lib_appendix} libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix}
 %define boost_libs4 libboost_signals%{lib_appendix} libboost_system%{lib_appendix} libboost_thread%{lib_appendix}
 %define boost_libs5 libboost_wave%{lib_appendix} libboost_regex%{lib_appendix} libboost_regex%{lib_appendix}
 %define boost_libs6 libboost_random%{lib_appendix} libboost_chrono%{lib_appendix} libboost_locale%{lib_appendix}
@@ -96,10 +96,8 @@ BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libexpat-devel
 BuildRequires:  libicu-devel >= 4.4
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  xorg-x11-devel
 #!BuildIgnore:  python
-#!BuildIgnore:	python3
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 %if %build_mpi
 BuildRequires:  openmpi-devel
@@ -319,15 +317,6 @@ Requires:       boost-license%{lib_appendix}
 %description -n libboost_python%{lib_appendix}
 This package contains the Boost::Python Runtime libraries.
 
-%package	-n libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix}
-Summary:        Boost::Python3 Runtime Libraries
-Group:          System/Libraries
-Requires:       boost-license%{lib_appendix}
-
-%description	-n libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix}
-This package contains the Boost::Python3 Runtime libraries
-
-
 %package     -n libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix}
 Summary:        Boost::Serialization Runtime Libraries
 Group:          System/Libraries
@@ -459,9 +448,7 @@ export LONG_DOUBLE_FLAGS="--disable-long-double"
 %endif
 BJAM_CONFIG="-d2 -j$JOBS -sICU_PATH=%{_prefix}"
 PYTHON_VERSION=$(python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]')
-PYTHON3_VERSION=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[:3])')
 PYTHON_FLAGS="--with-python-root=/usr --with-python-version=$PYTHON_VERSION"
-PYTHON3_INCLUDE=$(python3 -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('include'))")
 export REGEX_FLAGS="--with-icu"
 export EXPAT_INCLUDE=/usr/include EXPAT_LIBPATH=%{_libdir}
 export PYTHON_FLAGS
@@ -504,8 +491,6 @@ using mpi ;
 EOF
 %endif
 
-echo "using python : $PYTHON3_VERSION : /usr/bin/python3 : $PYTHON3_INCLUDE : %{_libdir} ;" >>user-config.jam
-
 # perform the compilation
 ./b2 --prefix=%{_prefix} --libdir=%{_libdir} --user-config=./user-config.jam
 
@@ -590,7 +575,6 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 %post -n libboost_test%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libboost_program_options%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libboost_python%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%post -n libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libboost_regex%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libboost_signals%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -619,7 +603,6 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 %postun -n libboost_test%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libboost_program_options%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libboost_python%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libboost_regex%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libboost_signals%{lib_appendix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -704,14 +687,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
 %{_libdir}/libboost_program_options*.so.*
 
-%files -n libboost_python3-%{lib_appendix}
-%defattr(-, root, root, -)
-%{_libdir}/libboost_python3*.so.*
-
 %files -n libboost_python%{lib_appendix}
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)
 %{_libdir}/libboost_python*.so.*
-%exclude %{_libdir}/libboost_python3*.so.*
 
 %files -n libboost_serialization%{lib_appendix}
 %defattr(-, root, root, -)