diff --git a/kdebindings-3.1-python2.5.patch b/kdebindings-3.1-python2.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9021309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdebindings-3.1-python2.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- kdebindings-3.1/dcoppython/configure.in.in.python	Thu Jan 30 09:46:59 2003
++++ kdebindings-3.1/dcoppython/configure.in.in	Thu Jan 30 09:47:11 2003
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+-KDE_CHECK_PYTHON(1.5)
++KDE_CHECK_PYTHON(2.5)
+ if test -z "$LIBPYTHON" || test -z "$PYTHONINC"; then
+   DO_NOT_COMPILE="$DO_NOT_COMPILE dcoppython"
+ fi
+--- kdebindings-3.1/admin/acinclude.m4.in.python	Thu Jan 30 09:45:33 2003
++++ kdebindings-3.1/admin/acinclude.m4.in	Thu Jan 30 09:46:43 2003
+@@ -4090,7 +4090,7 @@
+ AC_REQUIRE([KDE_CHECK_PYTHON_DIR])
+ 
+ if test -z "$1"; then
+-  version="1.5"
++  version="2.5"
+ else
+   version="$1"
+ fi
diff --git a/kdebindings.spec b/kdebindings.spec
index 42e175d..da30015 100644
--- a/kdebindings.spec
+++ b/kdebindings.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 %define appdir %{_datadir}/applications/kde
 
-%{expand: %%define pythonver %(python -c 'import sys;print(sys.version[0:3])')}
 %define qt_version 3.3.7
 %define arts_version 1.5.5
 %define kdelibs_epoch 6
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@
 %define pyqt 0
 
 Version: 3.5.5
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Name: kdebindings
 Summary: KDE bindings to non-C++ languages
 URL: http://www.kde.org/
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Source: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/%{version}/src/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 Patch4: kdebindings-3.1-ssl-krb5.patch
-Patch6: kdebindings-3.1-python2.4.patch
+Patch6: kdebindings-3.1-python2.5.patch
 Patch8: kdebindings-3.3.0-python.patch
 Patch9: kdebindings-3.3.92-xdg.patch
 
@@ -49,9 +48,7 @@ Requires: perl >= %{perlepoch}:%{perlver}
 %endif
 
 %if %{python}
-BuildRequires: python >= %{pythonver}
-BuildRequires: python-devel >= %{pythonver}
-Requires: python-abi = %{pythonver}
+BuildRequires: python python-devel
 %endif
 
 %if %{ruby}
@@ -93,7 +90,6 @@ Perl bindings to the DCOP interprocess communication protocol used by KDE
 Summary: Python bindings to DCOP
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Requires: kdelibs >= %{kdelibs_epoch}:%{version}
-Requires: python-abi = %{pythonver}
 
 %description python
 Python bindings to the DCOP interprocess communication protocol used by KDE
@@ -198,6 +194,9 @@ update-desktop-database %{_datadir}/applications > /dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_mandir}/man*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Dec  7 2006 Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com> - 3.5.5-2
+- rebuild for python 2.5
+
 * Tue Nov 14 2006 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 3.5.5-1.fc7
 - rebuild