diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 24764bbf9b166550ace4568d83b66d08b28b7858..eca89af0a22e19f5913a293cd068cf5d07d3e1ba 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ Description: Debug Build of the Python Interpreter (version 2.6)
 
 Package: python-all
 Architecture: all
-Priority: optional
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.5 (>= 2.5.5-6), python2.6 (>= 2.6.5-2)
 Description: Package depending on all supported Python runtime versions
  The package currently depends on python2.5 and python2.6, in the future,
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ Description: Package depending on all supported Python runtime versions
 
 Package: python-all-dev
 Architecture: all
-Priority: optional
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python-all (= ${binary:Version}), python-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.5-dev (>= 2.5.5-6), python2.6-dev (>= 2.6.5-2)
 Description: Package depending on all supported Python development packages
  The package currently depends on python2.5-dev and python2.6-dev, in the
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 64867d8a374e71cbcedf22ddd0f27fc60c9dedb4..bbd098118b75740b0fdb66c5e1de638b0a14b3d8 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ Description: Debug Build of the Python Interpreter (version @VER@)
 
 Package: python-all
 Architecture: all
-Priority: optional
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python2.5 (>= 2.5.5-6), python2.6 (>= 2.6.5-2)
 Description: Package depending on all supported Python runtime versions
  The package currently depends on python2.5 and python2.6, in the future,
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ Description: Package depending on all supported Python runtime versions
 
 Package: python-all-dev
 Architecture: all
-Priority: optional
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python (= ${binary:Version}), python-all (= ${binary:Version}), python-dev (= ${binary:Version}), python2.5-dev (>= 2.5.5-6), python2.6-dev (>= 2.6.5-2)
 Description: Package depending on all supported Python development packages
  The package currently depends on python2.5-dev and python2.6-dev, in the