diff --git a/gdb/config.in b/gdb/config.in
index da365a7..a76ac9f 100644
--- a/gdb/config.in
+++ b/gdb/config.in
@@ -246,12 +246,6 @@
 /* Define if you have the mpfr library. */
 #undef HAVE_LIBMPFR
 
-/* Define if Python 2.6 is being used. */
-#undef HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_6
-
-/* Define if Python 2.7 is being used. */
-#undef HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_7
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <libunwind-ia64.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_LIBUNWIND_IA64_H
 
diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
index 289c91b..dcd6141 100755
--- a/gdb/configure
+++ b/gdb/configure
@@ -10439,32 +10439,12 @@
 
   have_libpython=no
   if test "${have_python_config}" = yes; then
-    # Determine the Python version by extracting "-lpython<version>"
-    # part of the python_libs. <version> is usually X.Y with X and Y
-    # being decimal numbers, but can also be XY (seen on Windows).
-    #
-    # The extraction is performed using sed with a regular expression.
-    # Initially, the regexp used was using the '?' quantifier to make
-    # the dot in the version number optional.  Unfortunately, this
-    # does not work with non-GNU versions of sed because, because of
-    # what looks like a limitation (the '?' quantifier does not work
-    # with back-references).  We work around this limitation by using
-    # the '*' quantifier instead.  It means that, in theory, we might
-    # match unexpected version strings such as "-lpython2..7", but
-    # this seems unlikely in practice.  And even if that happens,
-    # an error will be triggered later on, when checking that version
-    # number.
-    python_version=`echo " ${python_libs} " \
-                         | sed -e 's,^.* -l\(python[0-9]*[.]*[0-9]*\).*$,\1,'`
-    case "${python_version}" in
-    python*)
 
-  version=${python_version}
 
   new_CPPFLAGS=${python_includes}
   new_LIBS=${python_libs}
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${version}" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for ${version}... " >&6; }
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for python... " >&6; }
   save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
   save_LIBS=$LIBS
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $new_CPPFLAGS"
@@ -10482,7 +10462,7 @@
 }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  have_libpython=${version}
+  have_libpython=yes
                   found_usable_python=yes
                   PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$new_CPPFLAGS
                   PYTHON_LIBS=$new_LIBS
@@ -10494,20 +10474,14 @@
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: ${found_usable_python}" >&5
 $as_echo "${found_usable_python}" >&6; }
 
-      ;;
-    *)
-      as_fn_error $? "unable to determine python version from ${python_libs}" "$LINENO" 5
-      ;;
-    esac
   elif test "${have_python_config}" != failed; then
     if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
 
-  version=python2.7
 
   new_CPPFLAGS=${python_includes}
   new_LIBS="-lpython2.7 ${python_libs}"
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${version}" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for ${version}... " >&6; }
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for python... " >&6; }
   save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
   save_LIBS=$LIBS
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $new_CPPFLAGS"
@@ -10525,7 +10499,7 @@
 }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  have_libpython=${version}
+  have_libpython=yes
                   found_usable_python=yes
                   PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$new_CPPFLAGS
                   PYTHON_LIBS=$new_LIBS
@@ -10540,12 +10514,11 @@
     fi
     if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
 
-  version=python2.6
 
   new_CPPFLAGS=${python_includes}
   new_LIBS="-lpython2.6 ${python_libs}"
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for ${version}" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for ${version}... " >&6; }
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for python... " >&6; }
   save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
   save_LIBS=$LIBS
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $new_CPPFLAGS"
@@ -10563,7 +10536,7 @@
 }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  have_libpython=${version}
+  have_libpython=yes
                   found_usable_python=yes
                   PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$new_CPPFLAGS
                   PYTHON_LIBS=$new_LIBS
@@ -10577,15 +10550,6 @@
 
     fi
   fi
-  if test "${have_libpython}" = python2.7 -o "${have_libpython}" = python27; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_7 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-  elif test "${have_libpython}" = python2.6 -o "${have_libpython}" = python26; then
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_6 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-  fi
 
   if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
     case "${with_python}" in
diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
index d929b89..f11dccd 100644
--- a/gdb/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/configure.ac
@@ -691,19 +691,17 @@
 # --------------------- #
 
 dnl Utility to simplify finding libpython.
-dnl $1 = pythonX.Y
-dnl $2 = the shell variable to assign the result to
+dnl $1 = the shell variable to assign the result to
 dnl      If libpython is found we store $version here.
-dnl $3 = additional flags to add to CPPFLAGS
-dnl $4 = additional flags to add to LIBS
+dnl $2 = additional flags to add to CPPFLAGS
+dnl $3 = additional flags to add to LIBS
 
 AC_DEFUN([AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON],
 [
-  version=$1
-  define([have_libpython_var],$2)
-  new_CPPFLAGS=$3
-  new_LIBS=$4
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for ${version}])
+  define([have_libpython_var],$1)
+  new_CPPFLAGS=$2
+  new_LIBS=$3
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for python])
   save_CPPFLAGS=$CPPFLAGS
   save_LIBS=$LIBS
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $new_CPPFLAGS"
@@ -711,7 +709,7 @@
   found_usable_python=no
   AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include "Python.h"]],
                                  [[Py_Initialize ();]])],
-                 [have_libpython_var=${version}
+                 [have_libpython_var=yes
                   found_usable_python=yes
                   PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=$new_CPPFLAGS
                   PYTHON_LIBS=$new_LIBS])
@@ -868,47 +866,18 @@
 
   have_libpython=no
   if test "${have_python_config}" = yes; then
-    # Determine the Python version by extracting "-lpython<version>"
-    # part of the python_libs. <version> is usually X.Y with X and Y
-    # being decimal numbers, but can also be XY (seen on Windows).
-    #
-    # The extraction is performed using sed with a regular expression.
-    # Initially, the regexp used was using the '?' quantifier to make
-    # the dot in the version number optional.  Unfortunately, this
-    # does not work with non-GNU versions of sed because, because of
-    # what looks like a limitation (the '?' quantifier does not work
-    # with back-references).  We work around this limitation by using
-    # the '*' quantifier instead.  It means that, in theory, we might
-    # match unexpected version strings such as "-lpython2..7", but
-    # this seems unlikely in practice.  And even if that happens,
-    # an error will be triggered later on, when checking that version
-    # number.
-    python_version=`echo " ${python_libs} " \
-                         | sed -e 's,^.* -l\(python[[0-9]]*[[.]]*[[0-9]]*\).*$,\1,'`
-    case "${python_version}" in
-    python*)
-      AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(${python_version}, have_libpython,
-                       ${python_includes}, ${python_libs})
-      ;;
-    *)
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to determine python version from ${python_libs}])
-      ;;
-    esac
+    AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(have_libpython,
+                     ${python_includes}, ${python_libs})
   elif test "${have_python_config}" != failed; then
     if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
-      AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(python2.7, have_libpython,
+      AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(have_libpython,
                        ${python_includes}, "-lpython2.7 ${python_libs}")
     fi
     if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
-      AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(python2.6, have_libpython,
+      AC_TRY_LIBPYTHON(have_libpython,
                        ${python_includes}, "-lpython2.6 ${python_libs}")
     fi
   fi
-  if test "${have_libpython}" = python2.7 -o "${have_libpython}" = python27; then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_7, 1, [Define if Python 2.7 is being used.])
-  elif test "${have_libpython}" = python2.6 -o "${have_libpython}" = python26; then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_6, 1, [Define if Python 2.6 is being used.])
-  fi
 
   if test "${have_libpython}" = no; then
     case "${with_python}" in
