diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/files/cross-compiling.patch b/recipes-devtools/python/files/cross-compiling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 74c01c8..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/files/cross-compiling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Index: pycrypto-2.6/setup.py
-===================================================================
---- pycrypto-2.6.orig/setup.py
-+++ pycrypto-2.6/setup.py
-@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ class PCTBuildConfigure(Command):
-         if not os.path.exists("config.status"):
-             if os.system("chmod 0755 configure") != 0:
-                 raise RuntimeError("chmod error")
--            cmd = "sh configure"    # we use "sh" here so that it'll work on mingw32 with standard python.org binaries
-+            host = os.environ.get("HOST_SYS")
-+            cmd = "ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes sh configure --host " + host   # we use "sh" here so that it'll work on mingw32 with standard python.org binaries
-             if self.verbose < 1:
-                 cmd += " -q"
-             if os.system(cmd) != 0:
-@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ kw = {'name':"pycrypto",
-       'ext_modules': plat_ext + [
-             # _fastmath (uses GNU mp library)
-             Extension("Crypto.PublicKey._fastmath",
--                      include_dirs=['src/','/usr/include/'],
-+                      include_dirs=['src/'],
-                       libraries=['gmp'],
-                       sources=["src/_fastmath.c"]),
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto.inc b/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dcef47..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Cryptographic modules for Python."
-HOMEPAGE = "http://www.pycrypto.org/"
-SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "PSFv2"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYRIGHT;md5=35f354d199e8cb7667b059a23578e63d"
-
-SRCNAME = "pycrypto"
-
-SRC_URI = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/${SRCNAME}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://cross-compiling.patch"
-
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "55a61a054aa66812daf5161a0d5d7eda"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f2ce1e989b272cfcb677616763e0a2e7ec659effa67a88aa92b3a65528f60a3c"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
-
-export STAGING_INCDIR
-export STAGING_LIBDIR
-export BUILD_SYS
-export HOST_SYS
-
-inherit autotools autotools-brokensep distutils
-
-DEPENDS += " gmp"
-
-do_compile[noexec] = "1"
-
-# We explicitly call distutils_do_install, since we want it to run, but
-# *don't* want the autotools install to run, since this package doesn't
-# provide a "make install" target.
-do_install() {
-	distutils_do_install
-}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b5606..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-require python-pycrypto.inc
-
-inherit distutils
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index f1acbda..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pycrypto_2.6.1.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-include python-pycrypto.inc
-
-inherit distutils3