diff -up openchange-openchange-2.3-VULCAN/configure.ac.drop-python openchange-openchange-2.3-VULCAN/configure.ac
--- openchange-openchange-2.3-VULCAN/configure.ac.drop-python	2018-04-17 12:59:29.738652248 +0200
+++ openchange-openchange-2.3-VULCAN/configure.ac	2018-04-17 13:00:36.006651332 +0200
@@ -376,36 +376,42 @@ AC_SUBST(PIDL)
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Check for Python
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl 
+dnl AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python3)
+dnl if test x"$PYTHON" = x""; then
+dnl	AC_MSG_WARN([No version of python3 was found!])
+dnl	AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install python3])
+dnl fi
+dnl AC_SUBST(PYTHON)
+dnl
+dnl AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON_CONFIG, python3-config)
+dnl if test x"$PYTHON_CONFIG" = x""; then
+dnl 	AC_MSG_WARN([No version of python3-config was found!])
+dnl 	AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install python3-dev 3.x])
+dnl fi
+dnl AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CONFIG)
+dnl
+dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(python cflags)
+dnl PYTHON_CFLAGS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --cflags`
+dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($PYTHON_CFLAGS)
+dnl AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
+dnl
+dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(python libs)
+dnl PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --libs`
+dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($PYTHON_LIBS)
+dnl AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
+dnl
+dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(python library directory)
+dnl pythondir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1, 0, '\\${prefix}')"`
+dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($pythondir)
+dnl AC_SUBST(pythondir)
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python3)
-if test x"$PYTHON" = x""; then
-	AC_MSG_WARN([No version of python3 was found!])
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install python3])
-fi
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON)
-
-AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON_CONFIG, python3-config)
-if test x"$PYTHON_CONFIG" = x""; then
-	AC_MSG_WARN([No version of python3-config was found!])
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install python3-dev 3.x])
-fi
-AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CONFIG)
-
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(python cflags)
-PYTHON_CFLAGS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --cflags`
-AC_MSG_RESULT($PYTHON_CFLAGS)
+PYTHON_CFLAGS=
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(python libs)
-PYTHON_LIBS=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --libs`
-AC_MSG_RESULT($PYTHON_LIBS)
+PYTHON_LIBS=
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(python library directory)
-pythondir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1, 0, '\\${prefix}')"`
-AC_MSG_RESULT($pythondir)
-AC_SUBST(pythondir)
-
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Check for MYSQL client libraries
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -759,11 +765,11 @@ AC_SUBST(OC_SERVER_UNINSTALL)
 dnl ##########################################################################
 dnl mapiproxy server
 dnl ##########################################################################
-if test x$PYTHON != x; then
-	if test "x$SAMDB_LIBS" != x -a "x$SAMBASERVER_LIBS" != x ; then
-		mapiproxy=1
-	fi
-fi
+dnl if test x$PYTHON != x; then
+dnl	if test "x$SAMDB_LIBS" != x -a "x$SAMBASERVER_LIBS" != x ; then
+dnl		mapiproxy=1
+dnl	fi
+dnl fi
 OC_RULE_ADD(mapiproxy, SERVER)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(modulesdir, 
@@ -780,14 +786,15 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(pyopenchange, AC_HELP_STRI
 			   [build Python bindings for libmapi]),
 			   enable_pyopenchange="$enableval",
 			   enable_pyopenchange=no)
-PYCDIR=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(1, prefix='\\$(prefix)')"`
-AC_SUBST(PYCDIR)
 
 PYOPENCHANGEALL=
 PYOPENCHANGEINSTALL=
 PYOPENCHANGEUNINSTALL=
 
 if test x$enable_pyopenchange = xyes ; then
+	PYCDIR=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(1, prefix='\\$(prefix)')"`
+	AC_SUBST(PYCDIR)
+
 	dnl Enable pyopenchange by default
 	PYOPENCHANGEALL="$PYOPENCHANGEALL pyopenchange"
 	PYOPENCHANGEINSTALL="$PYOPENCHANGEALLINSTALL pyopenchange-install"