diff --git a/python/python/python-2.7.1-no-autoconf-version-restriction.patch b/python/python/python-2.7.1-no-autoconf-version-restriction.patch
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index 000000000..23e118532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/python/python-2.7.1-no-autoconf-version-restriction.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../python/python-2.7.1-no-autoconf-version-restriction.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2011 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+Description: Do not restrict the build system to autoconf 2.65
+
+--- Python-2.7.1/configure.in.orig	2011-11-21 15:35:01.064104356 +0100
++++ Python-2.7.1/configure.in	2011-11-21 15:36:50.608104276 +0100
+@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
+ # Set VERSION so we only need to edit in one place (i.e., here)
+ m4_define(PYTHON_VERSION, 2.7)
+ 
+-dnl Some m4 magic to ensure that the configure script is generated
+-dnl by the correct autoconf version.
+-m4_define([version_required],
+-[m4_if(m4_version_compare(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [$1]), 0,
+-       [],
+-       [m4_fatal([Autoconf version $1 is required for Python], 63)])
+-])
+-version_required(2.65)
+-
+ AC_REVISION($Revision: 86076 $)
+ AC_INIT(python, PYTHON_VERSION, http://bugs.python.org/)
+ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([Include/object.h])