diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3fcb3ff..f5823d2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ esac],
 
 WITH_PYTHON_SUBPACKAGE=0
 AS_IF([test "$enable_python" = yes],[
-  AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.6],[
+  AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.7],[
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHON], [python-${PYTHON_VERSION}], [WITH_PYTHON_SUBPACKAGE=1])
     AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIB)
diff --git a/python/header-py.c b/python/header-py.c
index 0d7af2e..93c241c 100644
--- a/python/header-py.c
+++ b/python/header-py.c
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ static PyObject *hdr_new(PyTypeObject *subtype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
     if (obj == NULL) {
 	h = headerNew();
-    } else if (CAPSULE_CHECK(obj)) {
-	h = CAPSULE_EXTRACT(obj, "rpm._C_Header");
+    } else if (PyCapsule_CheckExact(obj)) {
+	h = PyCapsule_GetPointer(obj, "rpm._C_Header");
 	headerLink(h);
     } else if (hdrObject_Check(obj)) {
 	h = headerCopy(((hdrObject*) obj)->h);
diff --git a/python/rpmsystem-py.h b/python/rpmsystem-py.h
index 4011ba4..cf0e7b1 100644
--- a/python/rpmsystem-py.h
+++ b/python/rpmsystem-py.h
@@ -9,39 +9,6 @@
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <structmember.h>
 
-#if ((PY_MAJOR_VERSION << 8) | (PY_MINOR_VERSION << 0)) < 0x0205
-typedef ssize_t Py_ssize_t;
-typedef Py_ssize_t (*lenfunc)(PyObject *);
-#endif  
-
-/* Compatibility macros for Python < 2.6 */
-#ifndef PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT
-#define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) \
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
-#endif 
-
-#ifndef Py_TYPE
-#define Py_TYPE(o) ((o)->ob_type)
-#endif
-
-#if ((PY_MAJOR_VERSION << 8) | (PY_MINOR_VERSION << 0)) < 0x0206
-#define PyBytes_Check PyString_Check
-#define PyBytes_FromString PyString_FromString
-#define PyBytes_FromStringAndSize PyString_FromStringAndSize
-#define PyBytes_Size PyString_Size
-#define PyBytes_AsString PyString_AsString
-#endif
-
-#if ((PY_MAJOR_VERSION << 8) | (PY_MINOR_VERSION << 0)) >= 0x0207
-#define CAPSULE_BUILD(ptr,name) PyCapsule_New(ptr, name, NULL)
-#define CAPSULE_CHECK(obj) PyCapsule_CheckExact(obj)
-#define CAPSULE_EXTRACT(obj,name) PyCapsule_GetPointer(obj, name)
-#else
-#define CAPSULE_BUILD(ptr,name) PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(ptr, NULL)
-#define CAPSULE_CHECK(obj) PyCObject_Check(obj)
-#define CAPSULE_EXTRACT(obj,name) PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(obj)
-#endif
-
 /* For Python 3, use the PyLong type throughout in place of PyInt */
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 #define PyInt_Check PyLong_Check
diff --git a/python/spec-py.c b/python/spec-py.c
index 933c161..70b7965 100644
--- a/python/spec-py.c
+++ b/python/spec-py.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static PyObject *makeHeader(Header h)
     PyObject *rpmmod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("rpm");
     if (rpmmod == NULL) return NULL;
 
-    PyObject *ptr = CAPSULE_BUILD(h, "rpm._C_Header");
+    PyObject *ptr = PyCapsule_New(h, "rpm._C_Header", NULL);
     PyObject *hdr = PyObject_CallMethod(rpmmod, "hdr", "(O)", ptr);
     Py_XDECREF(ptr);
     Py_XDECREF(rpmmod);