diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7a1.bep b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7a1.bep
deleted file mode 100644
index 169df3a5d..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7a1.bep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="python - An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7/Python-2.7a1.tgz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="1dead8228f03928b69c123ef32ab36c0"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-BUILD {
-	cd Python-2.7a1/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	cd ../../..
-	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" >> configure.in
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=/boot/common --enable-shared CFLAGS=-I/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL {
-	cd Python-2.7a1
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2010, Python Software Foundation"
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a3.bep b/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a3.bep
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d33231c..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a3.bep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="python - An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2/Python-3.2a3.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="2c7f690e6de62691a0427328a9654290"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND="sys-libs/readline >= 6.0"
-BUILD {
-	cd Python-3.2a3/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	cd ../../..
-	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" >> configure.in
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--enable-shared \
-		LDFLAGS=-L/boot/common/lib \
-		CFLAGS=-I/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL {
-	cd Python-3.2a3
-	make install
-}
-
-TEST {
-	cd Python-3.2a3
-	cd Lib/test
-	rm test_asynchat.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	rm test_multiprocessing.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	
-	python regrtest.py
-}
-
-LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2010, Python Software Foundation"
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a4.bep b/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a4.bep
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cc20c39..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2a4.bep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="python - An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2/Python-3.2a4.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="1f94db4c5e56454e3eec26eafae43e6e"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND="sys-libs/readline >= 6.0"
-BUILD {
-	cd Python-3.2a4/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	cd ../../..
-	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" >> configure.in
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--enable-shared \
-		LDFLAGS=-L/boot/common/lib \
-		CFLAGS=-I/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL {
-	cd Python-3.2a4
-	make install
-}
-
-TEST {
-	cd Python-3.2a4
-	cd Lib/test
-	rm test_asynchat.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	rm test_multiprocessing.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	
-	python regrtest.py
-}
-
-LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2010, Python Software Foundation"
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2b2.bep b/dev-lang/python/python-3.2b2.bep
deleted file mode 100644
index f51a73a36..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-3.2b2.bep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="python - An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language" 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org" 
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2/Python-3.2b2.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="45ab5ff5edfb73ec277b1c763f3d5a42"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND="sys-libs/readline >= 6.0"
-BUILD {
-	cd Python-3.2b2/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	cd ../../..
-	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" >> configure.in
-	libtoolize --force --copy --install
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--enable-shared \
-		LDFLAGS=-L/boot/common/lib \
-		CFLAGS=-I/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL {
-	cd Python-3.2b2
-	make install
-}
-
-TEST {
-	cd Python-3.2b2
-	cd Lib/test
-	rm test_asynchat.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	rm test_multiprocessing.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
-	
-	python regrtest.py
-}
-
-LICENSE="Python"
-COPYRIGHT="1990-2010, Python Software Foundation"