diff --git a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/Manifest b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/Manifest
index f9eb506ed..1ec248697 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/Manifest
+++ b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/Manifest
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ AUX 61-libforensic.rules 37 RMD160 dfae5bd18a578502a493690a1ff20a121815b613 SHA1
 AUX libforensic-exception.patch 939 RMD160 f5ad2a27f988ed397f213d7428c5299846e72a78 SHA1 2c2117b0133c77cc2801350447fdb4ac2a3717d7 SHA256 7e99a6de02813bc62454960b9c9db963fd795ca5a9808a28d33a53840e1bf608
 AUX request-pipeline.patch 392 RMD160 67b08da7d0955fded250b84818156d8179d94844 SHA1 2b09a9ce826b13c0a46a1df0a9a5365f0a9212da SHA256 d6744177fb0db01a86c5c7d29cf569ecb7075ec93db89c3228afb82a4867205e
 DIST libforensic1394-0.2.tar.gz 59223 RMD160 3e3c6ccc7e143ac0c9fbba63e1a7eb2933404b01 SHA1 179526652977c291303e4f7edc3c7ed487eb0eca SHA256 50a82fe2899aa901104055da2ac00b4c438cf1d0d991f5ec1215d4658414652e
-EBUILD libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild 1437 RMD160 f053ad7ce026f2cbf2929dd140627583a05eab94 SHA1 7f9a3b63f45211ee6a179783195b086682852278 SHA256 d6061346b9be89ac2d3dec96426cf1f7a994aa0204049e86cc9719199f6a6a5c
-EBUILD libforensic1394-9999.ebuild 1267 RMD160 cdd94855ca90e7657888dcbe3c2b8e281059574a SHA1 9815d47d9123a596d3c7b5e0e383eba336c3fdd7 SHA256 37dbab520882a0aca167f52a7a80e50c5861e2c48cf8a3e01724afde381f0f8e
+EBUILD libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild 1390 RMD160 6b6e0f1e88d76a6150fba81e2fd66bbe943cffc5 SHA1 3f4c66841863eddea5261fb621df75c61e95f8d2 SHA256 4b878466ac038f3c762255b93f01cdbd4e865b8e1342c4571ef3d6408b7a02dc
+EBUILD libforensic1394-9999.ebuild 1221 RMD160 e46b45939350be43dd887c8218fceed64075b6df SHA1 f9c427cc3ad1fb8884dcb655d61d5aa05b156f28 SHA256 b2af646b5c2df0c2f13618ac47014b5c50e370e058c2ba2b25ddbb762fb10c47
diff --git a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild
index 2f2d3c794..de0f5b76a 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-0.2.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Header: $
 
 EAPI=3
-PYTHON_DEPEND="2"
+SUPPORT_PYTHON_ABIS="1"
 
 inherit eutils cmake-utils linux-info python distutils
 
@@ -14,16 +14,14 @@ SRC_URI="https://freddie.witherden.org/tools/${PN}/releases/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~x86 ~amd64"
-IUSE="python"
 
-DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND=""
+#FIXME: fails to compile without the "python" flag
+#IUSE="python"
+IUSE=""
 
 pkg_setup() {
 	CONFIG_CHECK="~FIREWIRE_OHCI"
 	linux-info_pkg_setup
-	python_set_active_version 2
-	python_pkg_setup
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_compile() {
 	cmake-utils_src_compile
-#FIXME: fails to compile without python flag
 #	if use python; then
 		einfo "Compiling python modules..."
 		cd "${S}/python"
diff --git a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-9999.ebuild b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-9999.ebuild
index 009e8dcb5..338131c18 100644
--- a/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-forensics/libforensic1394/libforensic1394-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # $Header: $
 
 EAPI=3
-PYTHON_DEPEND="2:2.6"
+SUPPORT_PYTHON_ABIS="1"
 
 inherit eutils distutils cmake-utils git-2
 
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.freddie.witherden.org/forensic1394.git"
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="-x86 -amd64"
-IUSE="python"
 
-DEPEND="python? ( dev-lang/python )"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+#IUSE="python"
+IUSE=""
 
 pkg_setup() {
 	CONFIG_CHECK="~FIREWIRE_OHCI"