diff --git a/patches/python2-2.7.14.local.patch b/patches/python2-2.7.14.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0700b9..0000000
--- a/patches/python2-2.7.14.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
---- a/Lib/smtpd.py
-+++ b/Lib/smtpd.py
-@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--#! /usr/bin/env python
- """An RFC 2821 smtp proxy.
- 
- Usage: %(program)s [options] [localhost:localport [remotehost:remoteport]]
---- a/Lib/smtplib.py
-+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
-@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--#! /usr/bin/env python
--
- '''SMTP/ESMTP client class.
- 
- This should follow RFC 821 (SMTP), RFC 1869 (ESMTP), RFC 2554 (SMTP
---- a/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
- ##########################################################################
- # Parser
- PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
-+PGEN_FOR_BUILD=	$(PGEN)
- 
- PSRCS=		\
- 		Parser/acceler.c \
-@@ -498,8 +499,9 @@
- 	    *) quiet="";; \
- 	esac; \
- 	$(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
-+		_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM='$(_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM)' \
- 		_TCLTK_INCLUDES='$(TCLTK_INCLUDES)' _TCLTK_LIBS='$(TCLTK_LIBS)' \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
-+		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py build
- 
- # Build static library
- # avoid long command lines, same as LIBRARY_OBJS
-@@ -1206,10 +1208,10 @@
- # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
- sharedinstall: sharedmods
- 	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
--	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
--		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
--		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
--		--root=$(DESTDIR)/
-+	   	--prefix=$(DESTDIR)///./$(prefix) \
-+		--install-scripts=$(DESTDIR)/./$(BINDIR) \
-+		--install-platlib=$(DESTDIR)/./$(DESTSHARED) \
-+		--root=/
- 	-rm $(DESTDIR)$(DESTSHARED)/_sysconfigdata.py*
- 
- # Here are a couple of targets for MacOSX again, to install a full
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -3212,6 +3212,9 @@
- 	*-*-cygwin*)
- 		ac_sys_system=Cygwin
- 		;;
-+	*-*-midipix*)
-+		ac_sys_system=Midipix
-+		;;
- 	*)
- 		# for now, limit cross builds to known configurations
- 		MACHDEP="unknown"
-@@ -3258,6 +3261,9 @@
- 	*-*-cygwin*)
- 		_host_cpu=
- 		;;
-+	*-*-midipix*)
-+		_host_cpu=
-+		;;
- 	*)
- 		# for now, limit cross builds to known configurations
- 		MACHDEP="unknown"
-@@ -14570,7 +14576,7 @@
-   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
- else
-   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
--  ac_cv_have_long_long_format="cross -- assuming no"
-+  ac_cv_have_long_long_format="cross -- assuming yes"
-    if test x$GCC = xyes; then
-     save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
-     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror -Wformat"
-@@ -14651,7 +14657,7 @@
- $as_echo "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" >&6; }
- fi
- 
--if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" = yes
-+if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" != no
- then
- 
- $as_echo "#define PY_FORMAT_LONG_LONG \"ll\"" >>confdefs.h
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -294,6 +294,13 @@
-                           (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
-             self.failed.append(ext.name)
-             return
-+
-+        if cross_compiling:
-+            self.announce(
-+                'INFO: skipping import check for cross-compiled: "%s"' %
-+                ext.name)
-+            return
-+
-         # Workaround for Mac OS X: The Carbon-based modules cannot be
-         # reliably imported into a command-line Python
-         if 'Carbon' in ext.extra_link_args:
-@@ -376,13 +383,6 @@
-         finally:
-             os.unlink(tmpfile)
- 
--        if multiarch_path_component != '':
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
--                            '/usr/lib/' + multiarch_path_component)
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
--                            '/usr/include/' + multiarch_path_component)
--            return
--
-         if not find_executable('dpkg-architecture'):
-             return
-         opt = ''
-@@ -398,10 +398,6 @@
-             if ret >> 8 == 0:
-                 with open(tmpfile) as fp:
-                     multiarch_path_component = fp.readline().strip()
--                add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
--                                '/usr/lib/' + multiarch_path_component)
--                add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
--                                '/usr/include/' + multiarch_path_component)
-         finally:
-             os.unlink(tmpfile)
- 
-@@ -439,11 +435,6 @@
- 
-     def detect_modules(self):
-         # Ensure that /usr/local is always used
--        if not cross_compiling:
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
--        if cross_compiling:
--            self.add_gcc_paths()
-         self.add_multiarch_paths()
- 
-         # Add paths specified in the environment variables LDFLAGS and
-@@ -501,16 +492,6 @@
-         # be assumed that no additional -I,-L directives are needed.
-         inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs[:]
-         lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs[:]
--        if not cross_compiling:
--            for d in (
--                '/usr/include',
--                ):
--                add_dir_to_list(inc_dirs, d)
--            for d in (
--                '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
--                '/lib', '/usr/lib',
--                ):
--                add_dir_to_list(lib_dirs, d)
-         exts = []
-         missing = []
- 
-@@ -2002,6 +1983,9 @@
-         return True
- 
-     def configure_ctypes(self, ext):
-+        if cross_compiling:
-+            self.use_system_libffi = True
-+
-         if not self.use_system_libffi:
-             if host_platform == 'darwin':
-                 return self.configure_ctypes_darwin(ext)
diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 2d14508..4b96518 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1130,9 +1130,12 @@ patch patchutils perl python2 python3 ruby smallbasic tcl";
 : ${PKG_PERL_SUBDIR:=perl-${PKG_PERL_VERSION}};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_SHA256SUM:=304c9b202ea6fbd0a4a8e0ad3733715fbd4749f2204a9173a58ec53c32ea73e8};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION:=2.7.14};
-: ${PKG_PYTHON2_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}.tgz};
-: ${PKG_PYTHON2_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--build=x86_64 -C --enable-ipv6 --enable-shared --enable-unicode=ucs4 --host=${DEFAULT_TARGET} --prefix=${PREFIX_NATIVE}"};
-: ${PKG_PYTHON2_ENV_VARS_EXTRA:="PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=${PREFIX}/bin/python2.7.wrapper"};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_URL:="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION}.tgz"};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_URLS_GIT:="sbpython2=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/python/sbpython2@main"};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_BASE_DIR:=${BUILD_WORKDIR}/python2-native-${DEFAULT_TARGET}};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_BUILD_DIR:=build/python2};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_CONFIGURE:=build/sbpython2/configure};
+: ${PKG_PYTHON2_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--source-dir=../../Python-${PKG_PYTHON2_VERSION} --sysroot=${PREFIX_NATIVE} --prefix= --target=${DEFAULT_TARGET}"};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_SHA256SUM:=687e067d9f391da645423c7eda8205bae9d35edc0c76ef5218dcbe4cc770d0d7};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION:=3.5.1};
 : ${PKG_PYTHON3_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION}/Python-${PKG_PYTHON3_VERSION}.tgz};
diff --git a/vars/python2.vars b/vars/python2.vars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aee9d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/python2.vars
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# set -o errexit -o noglob are assumed.
+#
+
+pkg_python2_fetch_git() {
+	ex_rtl_fileop rm "${PKG_BASE_DIR}/sbpython2";
+	ex_rtl_fetch_urls_git "${PKG_BASE_DIR}/build" "sbpython2=${DEFAULT_GITROOT}/python/sbpython2@main";
+	ex_pkg_state_set "${PKG_NAME}" fetch -extract;
+};
+
+# vim:filetype=sh