diff --git a/devel/newt/Makefile b/devel/newt/Makefile
index c34849b7f261..572b1c645763 100644
--- a/devel/newt/Makefile
+++ b/devel/newt/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ COMMENT=	Not Eriks Windowing Toolkit: console I/O handling library
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libslang.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libslang2 \
 		libpopt.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/popt
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	PYTHON TCL NLS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	TCL NLS
 
 USES+=		gmake
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-nls
 PLIST_SUB+=	NLS="@comment "
 .endif
 
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPYTHON}
-USE_PYTHON=	-2.7
-INSTALLS_EGGINFO=	yes
-PLIST_SUB+=	PYTHONOPT=""
-SUB_FILES+=	setup.py
-.else
-PLIST_SUB+=	PYTHONOPT="@comment "
-.endif
-
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MTCL}
 USES+=		tcl
 MAKE_ENV+=	TCL_LIBDIR=${TCL_LIBDIR:Q}
@@ -65,18 +56,12 @@ post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		's|@CPP@|@CC@ -E| ; \
 		 s|-I/usr/include/slang|| ; \
-		 /^PYTHONVERS/s|=.*|=${PYTHON_VERSION}| ; \
 		 /^pkgconfigdir/s|=.*|=${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig| ; \
 		 s| -g | |g ; \
 		 /make -C/s|^|#| ; \
 		 /whiptcl.$$(SOEXT)/s|install|${TRUE}|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 post-build:	apply-slist
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPYTHON}
-	@${LN} -sf libnewt.so.${SOVERSION} ${WRKSRC}/libnewt.so
-	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MAKE_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ${WRKDIR}/setup.py \
-		build)
-.endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/whiptail
@@ -85,18 +70,10 @@ post-install:
 		${MAKEFILE} ${MAKE_ARGS} datadir=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share \
 		${INSTALL_TARGET})
 .endif
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPYTHON}
-	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${MAKE_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ${WRKDIR}/setup.py \
-		install --prefix=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX})
-.endif
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MTCL}
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION}
 	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} whiptcl.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION})
 	(cd ${WRKDIR} && ${INSTALL_DATA} pkgIndex.tcl ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/whip${PORTVERSION})
 .endif
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MEXAMPLES}
-	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_SCRIPT} peanuts.py popcorn.py ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR})
-.endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/newt/files/setup.py.in b/devel/newt/files/setup.py.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a9b64f6a1f31..000000000000
--- a/devel/newt/files/setup.py.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# $FreeBSD: /tmp/pcvs/ports/devel/newt/files/setup.py.in,v 1.1 2010-01-10 23:40:05 pgollucci Exp $
-import os
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-
-setup ( name = 'newt',
-	version = '%%VERSION%%',
-	description = 'Python interface to Newt module',
-	py_modules = ['snack'],
-	ext_modules = [ Extension(
-		name='_snack',
-		sources=['snackmodule.c'],
-		include_dirs=['.', '%%LOCALBASE%%'+'/include', '%%PREFIX%%'+'/include'],
-		library_dirs=['.', '%%LOCALBASE%%'+'/lib', '%%PREFIX%%'+'/lib'],
-		libraries=['newt', 'popt', 'slang', 'ncurses']
-	)])
-# $FreeBSD: /tmp/pcvs/ports/devel/newt/files/setup.py.in,v 1.1 2010-01-10 23:40:05 pgollucci Exp $
-import os
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
-
-setup ( name = 'newt',
-	version = '%%VERSION%%',
-	description = 'Python interface to Newt module',
-	py_modules = ['snack'],
-	ext_modules = [ Extension(
-		name='_snack',
-		sources=['snackmodule.c'],
-		include_dirs=['.', '%%LOCALBASE%%'+'/include', '%%PREFIX%%'+'/include'],
-		library_dirs=['.', '%%LOCALBASE%%'+'/lib', '%%PREFIX%%'+'/lib'],
-		libraries=['newt', 'popt', 'slang', 'ncurses']
-	)])
diff --git a/devel/newt/pkg-plist b/devel/newt/pkg-plist
index a89208dd8b83..1bfcd233cabe 100644
--- a/devel/newt/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/newt/pkg-plist
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@ lib/libnewt.so
 lib/libnewt.so.%%SOVERSION%%
 lib/libnewt.so.%%VERSION%%
 man/man1/whiptail.1.gz
-%%PYTHONOPT%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/_snack.so
-%%PYTHONOPT%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/_snackmodule.so
-%%PYTHONOPT%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/snack.py
-%%PYTHONOPT%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/snack.pyc
 %%TCLOPT%%lib/whip%%VERSION%%/pkgIndex.tcl
 %%TCLOPT%%lib/whip%%VERSION%%/whiptcl.so
 libdata/pkgconfig/libnewt.pc
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/peanuts.py
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/popcorn.py
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/newt.mo
@@ -121,5 +115,4 @@ libdata/pkgconfig/libnewt.pc
 %%NLS%%@dirrmtry share/locale/ast
 %%NLS%%@dirrmtry share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES
 %%NLS%%@dirrmtry share/locale/as
-%%PORTEXAMPLES%%@dirrm %%EXAMPLESDIR%%
 %%TCLOPT%%@dirrm lib/whip%%VERSION%%