diff --git a/common/recipes-devtools/python/python/__init__.email_min.py b/common/recipes-devtools/python/python/__init__.email_min.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c8aef1..0000000
--- a/common/recipes-devtools/python/python/__init__.email_min.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-try:
-	import email_full
-
-except ImportError:
-	import sys
-	import email.utils
-	sys.modules['email.Utils'] = sys.modules['email.utils']
diff --git a/common/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend b/common/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend
index e591a95..6d0ff69 100644
--- a/common/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend
+++ b/common/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.%.bbappend
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
-SRC_URI += "file://__init__.email_min.py"
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-json-Use-int-long.__str__-to-convert-subclasses.patch"
 
-do_install_append_class-target() {
-	dir=${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email
-        mv ${D}/$dir/__init__.py \
-                ${D}/$dir/email_full.py
-        install -m644 ${WORKDIR}/__init__.email_min.py \
-                ${D}/$dir/__init__.py
-}
-
 require wsgiref-${PYTHON_MAJMIN}-manifest.inc
 
-PROVIDES_prepend = "${PN}-spwd ${PN}-email-utils "
-PACKAGES_prepend = "${PN}-spwd ${PN}-email-utils "
+PROVIDES_prepend = "${PN}-spwd "
+PACKAGES_prepend = "${PN}-spwd "
 
 SUMMARY_${PN}-spwd = "Shadow database support"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-spwd = "${PN}-core"
@@ -21,14 +12,3 @@
         ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/spwd.so \
         ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/lib-dynload/grp.so \
         "
-
-SUMMARY_${PN}-email-utils = "Utils from the email package"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-email-utils = "${PN}-core"
-FILES_${PN}-email-utils = " \
-        ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email/__init__.py* \
-        ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email/utils.py* \
-        ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email/_parseaddr.py* \
-        ${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email/encoders.py* \
-        "
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-email += "${PN}-email-utils"
-FILES_${PN}-email += "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/email/email_full.py"