diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ffcf1b920a495f3a32152ec4dea36f2f0935918c..b888a2d355fd89a854b8d8e819a45ebd7c28249c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ python-defaults (2.7.2-11) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Update description of functionality related to X-Python-Version for
       Wheezy
     - Update X/XS-Python-Versions to also include X-Python-Version examples
-  * Provide /usr/bin/python2 symlink from python-minimal instead of
-    python2.7-minimal
     - Add appropriage Breaks/Replaces
 
   [ Piotr Ożarowski ]
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index fca7d1f396d0b291842b0c7400835d6b13502dc8..b7541a4adc9cb89c192adb548df6839ab08a821e 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Priority: standard
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, @PVER@-minimal (>= @PREVVER@), dpkg (>= 1.13.20)
 Recommends: python
 Conflicts: python-central (<< 0.5.5)
-Breaks: python (<= 2.4-1), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2), python-support (<< 1.0.10ubuntu2), python2.7-minimal (<< 2.7.3)
-Replaces: python (<= 2.4-1), python2.7-minimal (<< 2.7.3)
+Breaks: python (<= 2.4-1), python-dev (<< 2.6), python-dbg (<< 2.6), python-all (<< 2.6), python-all-dev (<< 2.6), python-all-dbg (<< 2.6), python-examples (<< 2.6), idle (<< 2.6), python2.5-minimal (<< 2.5.5-7), python2.6-minimal (<< 2.6.5~rc2-2), python3.1-minimal (<< 3.1.2~rc1-2), python-support (<< 1.0.10ubuntu2)
+Replaces: python (<= 2.4-1)
 Description: minimal subset of the Python language (default version)
  This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules.  It's used
  in the boot process for some basic tasks.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b5c4b862d5285f51512434feeb99d79f5aff7bad..1f94f9d9f7035104734f30bc541073d093a37278 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -166,13 +166,10 @@ binary-indep: build install stamp-doc
 	: # provide the python and python.1 defaults
 	mkdir -p debian/python-minimal/usr/bin
 	ln -sf python$(VER) debian/python-minimal/usr/bin/python
-	ln -sf debian/python-minimal/usr/bin/python \
-		 debian/python-minimal/usr/bin/python2
 	mkdir -p debian/python-minimal/usr/share/man/man1
 	ln -sf python$(VER).1.gz \
 		debian/python-minimal/usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
-	ln -sf debian/python-minimal/usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz \
-		debian/python-minimal/usr/share/man/man1/python2.1.gz
+
 	: # 
 	mkdir -p debian/python-minimal/usr/share/python
 	cp -p debian/debian_defaults \