diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index b1465c3e6..0da6c16b3 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     - BUGFIX: Prevent downloadFromUrl flooding
     - BUGFIX: ETA was wrong for torrents with filtered files
     - BUGFIX: Fixed drag'n drop on non-KDE systems
+    - BUGFIX: Removed build dependency on Python
     - COSMETIC: Redesigned torrent properties a little
     - COSMETIC: Totally redesigned program preferences
     - COSMETIC: Display more logs messages concerning features
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 045b0c4e8..76567aa8d 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@
 - Translations update (IN PROGRESS)
 
 rc6->rc7 changelog:
+- Removed build dependency on Python
 - I18N: Updated Turkish translation
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2e0ffaa59..533754184 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -723,26 +723,6 @@ public:
 		return true;
 	}
 };
-#line 1 "python.qcm"
-/*
------BEGIN QCMOD-----
-name: python
------END QCMOD-----
-*/
-class qc_python : public ConfObj
-{
-public:
-	qc_python(Conf *c) : ConfObj(c) {}
-	QString name() const { return "python >= 2.3"; }
-	QString shortname() const { return "python"; }
-	bool exec(){
-          int r = conf->doCommand("python testpython.py");
-	  if(r == 0)
-	    return true;
-	  else
-	    return false;
-	}
-};
 
 EOT
 cat >$1/modules_new.cpp <<EOT
@@ -764,9 +744,6 @@ cat >$1/modules_new.cpp <<EOT
     o = new qc_libzzip(conf);
     o->required = false;
     o->disabled = false;
-    o = new qc_python(conf);
-    o->required = true;
-    o->disabled = false;
 
 EOT
 cat >$1/conf4.h <<EOT
diff --git a/qbittorrent.qc b/qbittorrent.qc
index 93a002c39..4121c05ac 100644
--- a/qbittorrent.qc
+++ b/qbittorrent.qc
@@ -17,7 +17,4 @@
   </dep>
   <dep type='libmagick'/>
   <dep type='libzzip'/>
-  <dep type='python'>
-    <required/>
-  </dep>
 </qconf>
diff --git a/qcm/python.qcm b/qcm/python.qcm
deleted file mode 100644
index 0aa673faf..000000000
--- a/qcm/python.qcm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
------BEGIN QCMOD-----
-name: python
------END QCMOD-----
-*/
-class qc_python : public ConfObj
-{
-public:
-	qc_python(Conf *c) : ConfObj(c) {}
-	QString name() const { return "python >= 2.3"; }
-	QString shortname() const { return "python"; }
-	bool exec(){
-          int r = conf->doCommand("python testpython.py");
-	  if(r == 0)
-	    return true;
-	  else
-	    return false;
-	}
-};
diff --git a/testpython.py b/testpython.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 0c6e3297e..000000000
--- a/testpython.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-# Test imports needed by our python search engine nova.py
-# Christophe Dumez - chris@qbittorrent.org
-
-import sys
-import urllib
-import sgmllib
-from xml.dom import minidom
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  pass