diff --git a/b/Boost/Boost-1.63.0-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb b/b/Boost/Boost-1.63.0-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
index c14cf5a2..06347752 100644
--- a/b/Boost/Boost-1.63.0-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
+++ b/b/Boost/Boost-1.63.0-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ dependencies = [
     ('Python', pythonversion, '', True)
 ]
 
-configopts = '--with-python=$EBROOTPYTHON/bin/python'
-buildopts = '-fPIC &&'
+configopts = '--with-python=$EBROOTPYTHON/bin/python '
+#buildopts = '-fPIC && '
 
 # also build boost_mpi
 boost_mpi = True
diff --git a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-2.0.1-iccifort-2017.1.132-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-2.0.1-iccifort-2017.1.132-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
index 8488acb4..969bb61c 100644
--- a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-2.0.1-iccifort-2017.1.132-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
+++ b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-2.0.1-iccifort-2017.1.132-GCC-6.3.0-2.27.eb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ source_urls = [
 
 dependencies = [
     ('hwloc', '1.11.7', '', ('GCC', '6.3.0-2.27')),
-    ('Java', '1.8.0_112', '', True),
+#    ('Java', '1.8.0_112', '', True),
 ]
 
 configopts = '--with-threads=posix --enable-shared --enable-mpi-thread-multiple --with-verbs '
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ configopts += '--with-hwloc=$EBROOTHWLOC '  # hwloc support
 # statically link local_component, don't do dynamic loading
 # configopts += '--disable-dlopen '  # dont disable dlopen!
 # https://github.com/open-mpi/ompi/issues/3630
-configopts += '--with-tm=/opt/pbs/default '  # Enable PBS
-configopts += '--enable-mpi-java '  # Java support RT#4090
+configopts += '--with-tm=/opt/pbs '  # Enable PBS
+#configopts += '--enable-mpi-java '  # Java support RT#4090
 
 # for PBS Pro 13
 preconfigopts = 'export LIBS="-ldl" && '
diff --git a/p/Python/Python-2.7.11-intel-2017a.eb b/p/Python/Python-2.7.11-intel-2017a.eb
index 070d4c11..38fbf8d1 100644
--- a/p/Python/Python-2.7.11-intel-2017a.eb
+++ b/p/Python/Python-2.7.11-intel-2017a.eb
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ exts_list = [
     ('ecdsa', '0.13', {
         'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/e/ecdsa/'],
     }),
-    ('cryptography', '1.4', {
-        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cryptography/'],
-    }),
-    ('paramiko', '2.0.1', {
-        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/paramiko/'],
-    }),
     ('pyparsing', '2.1.5', {
         'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyparsing/'],
     }),
@@ -107,10 +101,6 @@ exts_list = [
     ('pytz', '2016.4', {
         'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pytz'],
     }),
-    ('enum34', '1.1.6', {
-        'modulename': 'enum',
-        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/e/enum34'],
-    }),
     ('bitstring', '3.1.5', {
         'source_tmpl': '%(name)s-%(version)s.zip',
         'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/bitstring'],