diff --git a/CMakeExternals/Python.cmake b/CMakeExternals/Python.cmake
index ccf8fb5238..1db60577ea 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/Python.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/Python.cmake
@@ -1,136 +1,136 @@
 if( MITK_USE_Python AND NOT MITK_USE_SYSTEM_PYTHON )
  if(NOT DEFINED Python_DIR)
   set(proj Python)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(Python_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   set(PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
   set(PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION 7)
   set(PYTHON_PATCH_VERSION 3)
 
   # download the source code
   ExternalProject_Add(Python-src
     URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_PATCH_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_PATCH_VERSION}.tgz"
     #URL_MD5 "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
     #DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     SOURCE_DIR  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Python-${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_PATCH_VERSION}"
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
     BUILD_COMMAND ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
   )
 
   set(additional_cmake_cache_args )
   list(APPEND additional_cmake_cache_args
       -DBUILTIN_ARRAY:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_AUDIOOP:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_BINASCII:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_BISECT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_BSDB:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_BSSDB:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_BZ2:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CMATH:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_COLLECTIONS:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_CN:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_HK:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_ISO2022:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_JP:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_KR:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CODECS_TW:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CPICKLE:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CRYPT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CSTRINGIO:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_CSV:BOOL=ON
-      -DBUILTIN_CTYPES:BOOL=ON
-      -DBUILTIN_CTYPES_TEST:BOOL=ON
-      -DBUILTIN_CURSES:BOOL=ON
+      -DBUILTIN_CTYPES:BOOL=OFF
+      #-DBUILTIN_CTYPES_TEST:BOOL=OFF
+      #-DBUILTIN_CURSES:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_DATETIME:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_DBM:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_ELEMENTTREE:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_FCNTL:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_FUNCTOOLS:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_FUTURE_BUILTINS:BOOL=ON
       -DBULTIN_GDBM:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_GRP:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_HASHLIB:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_HEAPQ:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_HOTSHOT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_IO:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_ITERTOOLS:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_JSON:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_LOCALE:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_LSPROF:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_MATH:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_MMAP:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_MULTIBYTECODEC:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_MD5:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_MULTIPROCESSING:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_NIS:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_NIT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_OPERATOR:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_PARSER:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_POSIX:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_PWD:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_PYEXPAT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_READLINE:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_RESOURCE:BOOL=ON
       -DBULTIN_RANDOM:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SCPROXY:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SELECT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SHA:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SHA256:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SHA512:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SOCKET:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SPWD:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SQLITE3:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SSL:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_STROP:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_STRUCT:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SUBPROCESS:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_SYSLOG:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_TERMIOS:BOOL=ON
       #-DBUILTIN_TESTCAPI:BOOL=OFF
       -DBUILTIN_TIME:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_TKINTER:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_UNICODEDATA:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_WINREG:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILTIN_ZLIB:BOOL=ON
       )
 
   # CMake build environment for python
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
     GIT_REPOSITORY "git://github.com/davidsansome/python-cmake-buildsystem.git"
     GIT_TAG "3c5864f210a8d0ae1196be7c691252e16e459f59"
-    SOURCE_DIR ${proj}-src
+    SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
     PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
     BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
     INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
     CMAKE_ARGS
       ${ep_common_args}
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
     CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
       -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
       -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
       #-DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
       -DBUILD_SHARED:BOOL=ON
       -DBUILD_STATIC:BOOL=OFF
       -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES:BOOL=ON
       ${additional_cmake_cache_args}
     DEPENDS
       Python-src ${${proj}_DEPENDENCIES}
   )
 
   set(Python_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install")
   if(UNIX)
     set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build/bin/python${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${Python_DIR}/include/python${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}")
     set(PYTHON_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build/lib/${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}python${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
   else(WIN32)
     set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${Python_DIR}/bin/python${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}")
     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${Python_DIR}/include")
     set(PYTHON_LIBRARY "${Python_DIR}/libs/python${PYTHON_MAJOR_VERSION}${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}.lib")
   endif()
  else()
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
  endif()
 endif()