diff --git a/boost.changes b/boost.changes
index 931c145..790ee86 100644
--- a/boost.changes
+++ b/boost.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 Thu Feb 27 06:13:01 UTC 2014 - coolo@suse.com
 
-- move mpi.so to the devel package to avoid conflicts on update
+- remove broken python module mpi.so
 - trying to make the build more reliable: 
   * use -fno-var-tracking in cxxflags as recommended by richi
   * disable parallel build on low memory
diff --git a/boost.spec b/boost.spec
index 617fc12..11f0c99 100644
--- a/boost.spec
+++ b/boost.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package boost
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -539,6 +539,10 @@ cd doc
 	--includedir=%{buildroot}%{_includedir} \
 	install || echo "Not all Boost libraries built properly."
 
+# do not install the python module - as long as noone needs it, it requires more fixes
+# see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801534 for details
+rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mpi.so
+
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_docdir}
 
 pushd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}