diff --git a/buildcore.sh b/buildcore.sh
index bab8ce3b0..1b41b4b1c 100755
--- a/buildcore.sh
+++ b/buildcore.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if [ -z "$UP" ]; then
 fi
 
 # These are the rpms that should be built for each kind of xcat build
-ALLBUILD="perl-xCAT xCAT-client xCAT-server xCAT-test xCAT-buildkit xCAT xCATsn xCAT-genesis-scripts xCAT-SoftLayer xCAT-vlan xCAT-confluent xCAT-probe xCAT-csm"
+ALLBUILD="perl-xCAT xCAT-client xCAT-server xCAT-test xCAT-buildkit xCAT xCATsn xCAT-genesis-scripts xCAT-SoftLayer xCAT-vlan xCAT-confluent xCAT-probe xCAT-csm xCAT-openbmc-py"
 ZVMBUILD="perl-xCAT xCAT-server xCAT-UI"
 ZVMLINK="xCAT-client xCAT xCATsn"
 # xCAT and xCATsn have PCM specific configuration - conserver-xcat, syslinux-xcat
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Build the rest of the noarch rpms
-for rpmname in xCAT-client xCAT-server xCAT-IBMhpc xCAT-rmc xCAT-UI xCAT-test xCAT-buildkit xCAT-SoftLayer xCAT-vlan xCAT-confluent xCAT-probe xCAT-csm; do
+for rpmname in xCAT-client xCAT-server xCAT-IBMhpc xCAT-rmc xCAT-UI xCAT-test xCAT-buildkit xCAT-SoftLayer xCAT-vlan xCAT-confluent xCAT-probe xCAT-csm xCAT-openbmc-py; do
     if [[ " $EMBEDBUILD " != *\ $rpmname\ * ]]; then continue; fi
     if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" -a "$rpmname" = "xCAT-buildkit" ]; then continue; fi  # do not build xCAT-buildkit on aix
     if [ "$OSNAME" = "AIX" -a "$rpmname" = "xCAT-SoftLayer" ]; then continue; fi # do not build xCAT-softlayer on aix
diff --git a/makerpm-python b/makerpm-python
deleted file mode 100755
index 8718e7ae5..000000000
--- a/makerpm-python
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
-
-function makepythonrpm {
-    RPMNAME="$1"
-    SPEC_FILE="$RPMNAME/$RPMNAME.spec"
-    RPMROOT=`rpmbuild --eval '%_topdir' ${SPEC_FILE}`
-    mkdir -p $RPMROOT/SOURCES
-    tar --exclude .svn -czvf $RPMROOT/SOURCES/$RPMNAME-${VER}.tar.gz $RPMNAME
-    rm -f $RPMROOT/SRPMS/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$VER*rpm
-    echo "Building $RPMROOT/RPMS/noarch/$RPMNAME-$VER-snap*.noarch.rpm $EMBEDTXT..."
-    rpmbuild --quiet -ta $RPMROOT/SOURCES/$RPMNAME-${VER}.tar.gz --define "version $VER" $REL "$EASE"
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        exit 0
-    else  
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}	
-
-# Main code....
-OSNAME=$(uname)
-VER=`cat Version`
-REL="--define"
-EASE='usedate 1'
-rpmbuild --version > /dev/null
-if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo "Error: rpmbuild does not appear to be installed or working."
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$1" -a "$1" = "xCAT-openbmc-py" ]; then
-    makepythonrpm $1
-else
-    echo 'Usage: makepythonrpm xCAT-openbmc-py'
-    exit 1
-fi
-