diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a11442..0000000
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject/0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 5e5350d730f85957a42c6d846d347d080e7dd996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:40:34 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: add sysroot path to GI_DATADIR; don't set
- introspection scanner and compiler paths
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending [review on oe-core maillist]
-Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
----
- configure.ac | 8 +-------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 2c0cfbd..cfcb3bf 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GI,
- 
- GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CHECK(introspection_required_version)
- 
--GI_DATADIR=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=gidatadir gobject-introspection-1.0)
-+GI_DATADIR=$PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=gidatadir gobject-introspection-1.0)
- AC_SUBST(GI_DATADIR)
- 
- if test "$enable_cairo" != no; then
--- 
-2.1.4
-
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.28.3.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.28.3.bb
index c444fbf..348a039 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.28.3.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-pygobject_3.28.3.bb
@@ -4,17 +4,13 @@
 LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a916467b91076e631dd8edb7424769c7"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig gnomebase distutils-base gobject-introspection
+inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection distutils-base upstream-version-is-even
 
-PYTHON_BASEVERSION = "2.7"
-PYTHON_PN = "python"
+DEPENDS += "python glib-2.0"
 
-DEPENDS += "gnome-common-native python glib-2.0"
-
-SRCNAME="pygobject"
+SRCNAME = "pygobject"
 SRC_URI = " \
     http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/${SRCNAME}/${@gnome_verdir("${PV}")}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}.tar.xz \
-    file://0001-configure.ac-add-sysroot-path-to-GI_DATADIR-don-t-se.patch \
 "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3bac63c86bb963aa401f97859464aa90"
@@ -24,12 +20,12 @@
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-cairo --with-python=${PYTHON}"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-cairo"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-setuptools"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = ""
 
 do_install_append() {
     # Remove files that clash with python3-pygobject; their content is same
-    rm -rf ${D}${includedir}/pygobject-3.0//pygobject.h ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig
+    rm -r ${D}${includedir}/pygobject-3.0/pygobject.h ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig
 }