diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 84cb25637ea5a93642d97bc854cf05861cf191a6..115ea505d58afa22a61c8b8d061fc36e46e3ac42 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+python-defaults (2.6.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Revert:
+    - python-minimal: Provide symlink to binary and manpage for
+      /usr/bin/python2.
+    This interpreter name is not created in the upstream sources.
+    python should be used instead.
+
+ -- Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>  Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:10:06 +0200
+
 python-defaults (2.6.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * pyversions.py: fall back to the list of supported Python versions
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0df5a3ddb9e0b076e9500ad15fcce2c05ddff5a7..9dc9acd7b3297f39c6a656fdb7bbe8c375ffc419 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ binary-indep: build install stamp-doc
 	ln -sf python$(VER).1.gz \
 		debian/python-minimal/usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
 
-	ln -sf python$(VER) debian/python-minimal/usr/bin/python2
-	ln -sf python$(VER).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 \