diff --git a/m4/moo-pygtk.m4 b/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
index 63b544c4..5b5e7703 100644
--- a/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
+++ b/m4/moo-pygtk.m4
@@ -1,50 +1,3 @@
-##############################################################################
-# _MOO_AC_CHECK_PYGTK(action-if-found,action-if-not-found)
-# checks pygtk stuff
-#
-AC_DEFUN([_MOO_AC_CHECK_PYGTK],[
-  AC_REQUIRE([MOO_AC_CHECK_OS])
-
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK,pygtk-2.0 >= 2.6.0,[
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pygtk can be used])
-    save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
-    save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
-    save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $PYGTK_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"
-    save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PYGTK_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-
-    AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
-    #include <pygobject.h>
-    int main ()
-    {
-        PyObject *object = pygobject_new (NULL);
-        return 0;
-    }]])],[
-        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-        PYGTK_DEFS_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_DEFS_DIR)
-        PYGTK_CODEGEN_DIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=codegendir pygtk-2.0`
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CODEGEN_DIR)
-        AC_MSG_NOTICE([pygtk defs dir: $PYGTK_DEFS_DIR])
-        m4_if([$1],[],[:],[$1])
-    ],[
-        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-        m4_if([$2],[],[:],[$2])
-    ])
-
-    CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-    CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$save_LIBS"
-    LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
-  ],[
-    m4_if([$2],[],[:],[$2])
-  ])
-])
-
-
 ##############################################################################
 # MOO_AC_PYTHON()
 #
@@ -67,23 +20,18 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([MOO_AC_PYTHON],[
     fi
   ])
 
-  if test "x$MOO_OS_CYGWIN" = "xyes"; then
-    MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON=false
-  fi
-
   if $MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON; then
     MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON=false
     MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON($_moo_python_version,[
-      _MOO_AC_CHECK_PYGTK([
+      PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK,pygtk-2.0 >= 2.6.0,[
         MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON=true
-        _MOO_SPLIT_VERSION_PKG(PYGTK, pygtk-2.0)
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_VERSION)
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_MAJOR_VERSION)
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_MINOR_VERSION)
-        AC_SUBST(PYGTK_MICRO_VERSION)
-      ])
+      ],[:])
     ])
 
+    if $MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON; then
+      AC_SUBST([PYGTK_DEFS_DIR],[`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`])
+    fi
+
     if $MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON; then
       AC_MSG_NOTICE([compiling python support])
     elif test "x$_moo_want_python" = "xyes"; then
@@ -103,6 +51,6 @@ AC_DEFUN_ONCE([MOO_AC_PYTHON],[
   if $MOO_ENABLE_PYTHON; then
     MOO_CFLAGS="$MOO_CFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
     MOO_CXXFLAGS="$MOO_CXXFLAGS $PYGTK_CFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
-    MOO_LIBS="$MOO_LIBS $PYGTK_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS $PYGTK_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_LDFLAGS $PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
+    MOO_LIBS="$MOO_LIBS $PYGTK_LIBS $PYTHON_LIBS"
   fi
 ])
diff --git a/m4/moo-python-cross-mingw.m4 b/m4/moo-python-cross-mingw.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dfe3bcf..00000000
--- a/m4/moo-python-cross-mingw.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-dnl ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW([action-if-found[,action-if-not-found]])
-dnl
-AC_DEFUN([MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW],[
-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_SED]) dnl to get $SED set
-
-  AM_PATH_PYTHON
-
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME" = x; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([WIN32_PYTHON_HOME environment variable must be set dnl
-		  when cross-compiling with mingw])
-  fi
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(host system python version)
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_VERSION" = x; then
-    # guess python version, very clever heuristics here
-    for _ac_python_minor in 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
-      if test -f "$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME/libs/libpython2$_ac_python_minor.a" -o \
-      	-f "$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME/libs/python2$_ac_python_minor.lib" ;
-      then
-        _ac_pyversion="2.$_ac_python_minor"
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-  else
-    _ac_pyversion=$WIN32_PYTHON_VERSION
-  fi
-  if test "x$_ac_pyversion" = x; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not determine Python version])
-  fi
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$_ac_pyversion])
-  _ac_pyversion_no_dot=`echo $_ac_pyversion | $SED 's/^2\.*\([[3-9]]\).*/2\1/'`
-
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(installation directory for python modules)
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_PKG_DIR" != x; then
-    _ac_pythondir="$WIN32_PYTHON_PKG_DIR"
-  else
-    _ac_pythondir="$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME/Lib/site-packages"
-  fi
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$_ac_pythondir])
-
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_INCLUDES" != x; then
-    _ac_pyincludes="$WIN32_PYTHON_INCLUDES"
-  else
-    _ac_pyincludes="-I$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME/include"
-  fi
-
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_LIBS" != x; then
-    _ac_pylibs="$WIN32_PYTHON_LIBS"
-  else
-    _ac_pylibs="-L$WIN32_PYTHON_HOME/libs -lpython$_ac_pyversion_no_dot"
-  fi
-
-  if test "x$WIN32_PYTHON_LDFLAGS" != x; then
-    _ac_pyldflags="$WIN32_PYTHON_LDFLAGS"
-  else
-    _ac_pyldflags=
-  fi
-
-  _ac_have_pydev=false
-  _ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  _ac_save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  _ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $_ac_pyincludes"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $_ac_pyldflags"
-  LIBS="$LIBS $_ac_pylibs"
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(python headers and linker flags)
-  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <Python.h>],[Py_Initialize();],[
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([$_ac_pyincludes $_ac_pyldflags $_ac_pylibs])
-    _ac_have_pydev=true
-  ],[
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-  ])
-  CPPFLAGS="$_ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$_ac_save_LDFLAGS"
-  LIBS="$_ac_save_LIBS"
-
-  if $_ac_have_pydev; then
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_PLATFORM, [nt])
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES,[$_ac_pyincludes])
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS,[$_ac_pylibs])
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS,[])
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LDFLAGS,[$_ac_pyldflags])
-    AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS,[])
-    AC_SUBST(pythondir,[$_ac_pythondir])
-    AC_SUBST(pyexecdir,[$_ac_pythondir])
-    AC_SUBST(pkgpythondir,[\${pythondir}/$PACKAGE])
-    AC_SUBST(pkgpyexecdir,[\${pythondir}/$PACKAGE])
-    m4_if([$1],[],[:],[$1])
-  else
-    m4_if([$2],[],[:],[$2])
-  fi
-])
-dnl
-dnl end of MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW
-dnl --------------------------------------
diff --git a/m4/moo-python.m4 b/m4/moo-python.m4
index 2c7589ea..21fd7d7b 100644
--- a/m4/moo-python.m4
+++ b/m4/moo-python.m4
@@ -72,27 +72,6 @@ Please check your Python installation.])
       AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LIBS])
   fi
 
-  # Check for Python extra linker flags
-  # if PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS is set, do not do anything
-  if test $python_found = yes; then
-
-      if test "x$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS" = "x"; then
-          PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-                                         conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                                         print conf('LOCALMODLIBS'), conf('LIBS')"`
-          PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-                                            conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                                            print conf('LDFLAGS')"`
-      fi
-
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING([Python extra libs])
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
-      AC_MSG_CHECKING([Python extra linker flags])
-      AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
-      AC_SUBST([PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
-      AC_SUBST([PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
-  fi
-
   if test $python_found = yes; then
       m4_if([$1],[],[:],[$1])
   else
@@ -102,10 +81,10 @@ Please check your Python installation.])
 
 
 ##############################################################################
-# _MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_UNIX(min-version,action-if-found,action-if-not-found)
+# MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_NATIVE(min-version,action-if-found,action-if-not-found)
 # checks python stuff when building for unix
 #
-AC_DEFUN([_MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_UNIX],[
+AC_DEFUN([MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_NATIVE],[
     AM_PATH_PYTHON([$1],[
         _MOO_AC_PYTHON_DEVEL([
             python_found=yes
@@ -122,24 +101,39 @@ AC_DEFUN([_MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_UNIX],[
     else
         PYTHON_INCLUDES=""
         PYTHON_LIBS=""
-        PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=""
         m4_if([$3],[],[:],[$3])
     fi
 ])
 
 
+AC_DEFUN([MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW],[
+  if test x"$PYTHON_INCLUDES" = x; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([PYTHON_INCLUDES is not set])
+  fi
+  if test x"$PYTHON_LIBS" = x; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([PYTHON_LIBS is not set])
+  fi
+  AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_INCLUDES], [python preprocessor flags])
+  AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON_LIBS], [python linker flags])
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+  AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_INCLUDES])
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python linker flags])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_LIBS])
+  $1
+])
+
+
 ##############################################################################
 # MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON(min-version,action-if-found,action-if-not-found)
 # checks for python, python includes and libs
 #
 AC_DEFUN([MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON],[
-AC_MSG_NOTICE([checking for headers and libs required to compile python extensions])
-    AC_REQUIRE([MOO_AC_CHECK_OS])
-    if test x$MOO_OS_CYGWIN != xyes; then
-        if test x$MOO_OS_MINGW = xyes; then
-          MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW([$2],[$3])
-        else
-          _MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_UNIX([$1],[$2],[$3])
-        fi
-    fi
+  AC_REQUIRE([MOO_AC_CHECK_OS])
+  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes -a "$MOO_OS_WIN32" = true; then
+    MOO_AM_PYTHON_DEVEL_CROSS_MINGW([$2],[$3])
+  else
+    MOO_AC_CHECK_PYTHON_NATIVE([$1],[$2],[$3])
+  fi
 ])
diff --git a/moo/moopython/codegen/codegen.py b/moo/moopython/codegen/codegen.py
index 0eee8d61..751e9ee0 100644
--- a/moo/moopython/codegen/codegen.py
+++ b/moo/moopython/codegen/codegen.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import override
 import reversewrapper
 import warnings
 
-pygtk_version = 6
+pygtk_version = 16
 
 class Coverage(object):
     def __init__(self, name):
@@ -1681,11 +1681,6 @@ def main(argv):
             errorfilename = arg
         elif opt == '--platform':
             sys.platform = arg
-        elif opt == '--pygtk-version':
-            global pygtk_version
-            pygtk_version = int(arg)
-            if pygtk_version < 8:
-                defines['pygtk-2.6'] = '1'
         elif opt in ('-t', '--load-types'):
             globals = {}
             execfile(arg, globals)
diff --git a/moo/moopython/pygtk/Makefile.incl b/moo/moopython/pygtk/Makefile.incl
index 2c7027a4..427524e2 100644
--- a/moo/moopython/pygtk/Makefile.incl
+++ b/moo/moopython/pygtk/Makefile.incl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ built_moo_python_sources +=			\
 	moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.c		\
 	moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.h
 
-if MOO_OS_MINGW
+if MOO_OS_WIN32
 codegen_platform = --platform win32
 endif
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ codegen_script = $(srcdir)/moopython/codegen/codegen.py
 codegen = $(PYTHON) $(codegen_script) $(codegen_platform) --pygtk-version=$(PYGTK_MINOR_VERSION)
 
 moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.c: $(moo_override_files) $(moo_defs_files) $(codegen_files)
-	$(MKDIR_P) moopython/pygtk
-	$(codegen) --prefix _moo \
+	$(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) moopython/pygtk
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(codegen) --prefix _moo \
 		--load-types $(srcdir)/moopython/codegen/argtypes_m.py \
 		--register $(PYGTK_DEFS_DIR)/gtk-types.defs \
 		--register $(PYGTK_DEFS_DIR)/gdk-types.defs \
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.c: $(moo_override_files) $(moo_defs_files) $(codegen_fil
 		mv $@.tmp $@
 
 moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.h: moopython/pygtk/moo.py $(top_srcdir)/tools/xml2h.py
+	$(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) moopython/pygtk
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/tools/xml2h.py $(srcdir)/moopython/pygtk/moo.py moopython/pygtk/moo-mod.h MOO_PY
diff --git a/plat/win32/mingw-configure b/plat/win32/mingw-configure
index b744565b..3bfeed16 100755
--- a/plat/win32/mingw-configure
+++ b/plat/win32/mingw-configure
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ export OBJCFLAGS="-mms-bitfields -march=i686 $_def_cflags"
 export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$mgwtargetdir/lib/pkgconfig"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$mgwtargetdir/lib/pkgconfig"
 
+export PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I$mgwtargetdir/include/python"
+export PYTHON_LIBS="-lpython27"
+
 configure_args="--build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=i586-pc-mingw32msvc --target=i586-pc-mingw32msvc \
 AR=$AR RANLIB=$RANLIB STRIP=$STRIP AS=$AS DLLTOOL=$DLLTOOL OBJDUMP=$OBJDUMP NM=$NM WINDRES=$WINDRES RC=$RC \
 INSTALL=`which install-check` \