diff --git a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
index dedd88de66..6825a1e659 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'bluefish'
 pkgname=bluefish
-version=2.2.6
+version=2.2.7
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
+# Package build options
+build_options="python"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-spell-check --disable-update-databases --disable-xml-catalog-update"
+configure_args="--enable-spell-check --disable-update-databases
+ --disable-xml-catalog-update $(vopt_enable python)"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gdk-pixbuf-devel libxml2-devel"
-makedepends="libxml2-devel gtk+3-devel enchant-devel gucharmap-devel xmlcatmgr"
-depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils xmlcatmgr"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel gtk+3-devel enchant-devel gucharmap-devel
+ $(vopt_if python python-devel)"
+depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils xmlcatmgr
+ $(vopt_if python python)"
 xml_entries="nextCatalog /usr/share/xml/bluefish/catalog.xml --"
 pycompile_dirs="/usr/share/bluefish"
 short_desc="A powerful HTML editor for experienced web designers and programmers"
@@ -15,15 +20,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/"
 distfiles="http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/bluefish-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=54c2892c317eb2287c9fb0a3e29c3f19bef51d9ab0353bfb158e52a1cdae4216
-
-# Package build options
-build_options="python"
-
-if [ "$build_option_python" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" --enable-python"
-	makedepends+=" python-devel"
-	depends+=" python"
-else
-	configure_args+=" --disable-python"
-fi
+checksum=23534b73b929754e15b86d12904ca3ffc1b069da5dcd4f34a67e842fe9e858df