diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c06e325ce2..02a890115cf 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WITH_PYTHON)
 	list(APPEND INC ../python)
-	list(APPEND INC_SYS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+	# list(APPEND INC_SYS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})  # for pynodes, commented now
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_PYTHON)
 
 	if(WITH_PYTHON_SECURITY)
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node.c
index 3a8a2ae9c09..64e374fe4c0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/node.c
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
  */
 
 
-#ifdef WITH_PYTHON
-#include <Python.h>
+#if 0 /* pynodes commented for now */
+#  ifdef WITH_PYTHON
+#    include <Python.h>
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"