diff -r f130ce67387d Doc/library/ssl.rst
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst	Tue Apr 10 14:50:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst	Mon Aug 20 17:20:13 2012 -0600
@@ -218,14 +218,6 @@
    Note that use of this setting requires a valid certificate validation file
    also be passed as a value of the ``ca_certs`` parameter.
 
-.. data:: PROTOCOL_SSLv2
-
-   Selects SSL version 2 as the channel encryption protocol.
-
-   .. warning::
-
-      SSL version 2 is insecure.  Its use is highly discouraged.
-
 .. data:: PROTOCOL_SSLv23
 
    Selects SSL version 2 or 3 as the channel encryption protocol.  This is a
diff -r f130ce67387d Lib/ssl.py
--- a/Lib/ssl.py	Tue Apr 10 14:50:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/Lib/ssl.py	Mon Aug 20 17:20:13 2012 -0600
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 
 The following constants identify various SSL protocol variants:
 
-PROTOCOL_SSLv2
 PROTOCOL_SSLv3
 PROTOCOL_SSLv23
 PROTOCOL_TLSv1
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@
 
 from _ssl import SSLError
 from _ssl import CERT_NONE, CERT_OPTIONAL, CERT_REQUIRED
-from _ssl import PROTOCOL_SSLv2, PROTOCOL_SSLv3, PROTOCOL_SSLv23, PROTOCOL_TLSv1
+from _ssl import PROTOCOL_SSLv3, PROTOCOL_SSLv23, PROTOCOL_TLSv1
 from _ssl import RAND_status, RAND_egd, RAND_add
 from _ssl import \
      SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN, \
diff -r f130ce67387d Lib/test/test_ssl.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Tue Apr 10 14:50:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Mon Aug 20 17:20:13 2012 -0600
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
                 raise
 
     def test_constants(self):
-        ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3
         ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
@@ -829,19 +828,6 @@
             bad_cert_test(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__) or os.curdir,
                                        "badkey.pem"))
 
-        def test_protocol_sslv2(self):
-            """Connecting to an SSLv2 server with various client options"""
-            if test_support.verbose:
-                sys.stdout.write("\ntest_protocol_sslv2 disabled, "
-                                 "as it fails on OpenSSL 1.0.0+")
-            return
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, True)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
-
         def test_protocol_sslv23(self):
             """Connecting to an SSLv23 server with various client options"""
             if test_support.verbose:
@@ -877,7 +863,6 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, False)
 
@@ -890,7 +875,6 @@
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_OPTIONAL)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, True, ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-            try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv3, False)
             try_protocol_combo(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1, ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23, False)
 
diff -r f130ce67387d Modules/_ssl.c
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c	Tue Apr 10 14:50:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c	Mon Aug 20 17:20:13 2012 -0600
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@
 };
 
 enum py_ssl_version {
-    PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2,
-    PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3,
+    PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3=1,
     PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL23,
     PY_SSL_VERSION_TLS1
 };
@@ -302,8 +301,6 @@
         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLSv1_method()); /* Set up context */
     else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3)
         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method()); /* Set up context */
-    else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
-        self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_method()); /* Set up context */
     else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL23)
         self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method()); /* Set up context */
     PySSL_END_ALLOW_THREADS
@@ -1688,8 +1685,6 @@
                             PY_SSL_CERT_REQUIRED);
 
     /* protocol versions */
-    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "PROTOCOL_SSLv2",
-                            PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2);
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "PROTOCOL_SSLv3",
                             PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL3);
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "PROTOCOL_SSLv23",
diff -r f130ce67387d setup.py
--- a/setup.py	Tue Apr 10 14:50:39 2012 -0400
+++ b/setup.py	Mon Aug 20 17:20:13 2012 -0600
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@
         lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [
             '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
             '/lib', '/usr/lib',
+            '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu',
             ]
         inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs + ['/usr/include']
         exts = []