diff --git a/debian/patches/lucid-dsc-patch b/debian/patches/lucid-dsc-patch
deleted file mode 100644
index babc079e..00000000
--- a/debian/patches/lucid-dsc-patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-From: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
-Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 12:50:12 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Patch for elderly Debian/Ubuntu (e.g. 10.04) releases without dh_python2
-
-Use again pycentral etc
-
-crafted post 0.8.8-1 release when a user complained about inability to upgrade
-
----
- debian/control |  2 ++
- debian/rules   | 12 +++++-------
- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
-
---- a/debian/control
-+++ b/debian/control
-@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Section: net
- Priority: optional
- Maintainer: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
- Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.37.2), python (>= 2.5.4-1~), python-pyinotify
-+Build-Depends-Indep: python-central (>= 0.5.6)
-+XS-Python-Version: current, >= 2.4
- Homepage: http://www.fail2ban.org
- Vcs-Git: git://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban.git
- Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban
---- a/debian/rules
-+++ b/debian/rules
-@@ -72,14 +72,12 @@ binary-indep: install
- 	dh_installdocs
- 	dh_installexamples config/jail.conf files/ipmasq-*
- 	dh_installlogrotate
--	dh_python2 /usr/share/fail2ban
-+	dh_pycentral
- 	dh_installinit -- defaults 99
--
--	# perform swap of order of calls to init and pycentral (or even
--	# bleedingly new dh_python2) in prerm to close #422655 --
--	# python-cleanup section is cut and placed at the end of the file
--	# since .init script would trigger their compilation again
--	sed -i -e '/^#.*ed by dh_python2/,/# End auto/{H;d};$$G' \
-+	# perform swap of order of calls to init and pycentral in prerm
-+	# to close #422655 -- pycentral section is cut and placed at
-+	# the end of the file
-+	sed -i -e '/^#.*ed by dh_pycentral/,/# End auto/{H;d};$$G' \
- 		debian/fail2ban.prerm.debhelper
- 
- 	dh_installman man/*.[15]
diff --git a/debian/patches/neurodebian-backport.series b/debian/patches/neurodebian-backport.series
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c98bf485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/neurodebian-backport.series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neurodebian_use_python2
diff --git a/debian/patches/neurodebian_use_python2 b/debian/patches/neurodebian_use_python2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..120efbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/neurodebian_use_python2
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+--- a/debian/control
++++ b/debian/control
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: fail2ban
+ Section: net
+ Priority: optional
+ Maintainer: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>
+-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python3, python3-pyinotify, dh-systemd
++Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python (>= 2.6.6-3~), python-pyinotify, dh-python
+ Homepage: http://www.fail2ban.org
+ Vcs-Git: git://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban.git
+ Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban
+@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+ Package: fail2ban
+ Architecture: all
+ Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>=2.0-7)
+-Recommends: iptables, whois, python3-pyinotify
+-Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, python3-systemd
++Recommends: iptables, whois, python-pyinotify
++Suggests: mailx, system-log-daemon, python-systemd
+ Description: ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
+  Fail2ban monitors log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log,
+  /var/log/apache/access.log) and temporarily or persistently bans
+--- a/debian/rules
++++ b/debian/rules
+@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
+ # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+ #export DH_VERBOSE=1
+ 
+-export PYBUILD_DISABLE_python2=1
++export PYBUILD_DISABLE_python3=1
+ 
+ %:
+-	dh $@ --with python3,systemd --buildsystem pybuild
++	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem pybuild
+ 
+ DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/fail2ban
+-PYVERSION=$(shell py3versions -dv)
++PYVERSION=$(shell pyversions -dv)
+ 
+ override_dh_clean:
+ 	rm -rf fail2ban.egg-info
+@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ override_dh_install:
+ 	: # Install bash completion
+ 	install -d $(DESTDIR)/etc/bash_completion.d
+ 	install -m 644 files/bash-completion $(DESTDIR)/etc/bash_completion.d/fail2ban
+-	: # Install systemd files
++	: # Install systemd files, even in backport version just in case even though
++	: # other systemd preparation activities are not carried out
+ 	install -d $(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system
+ 	install -d $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
+ 	install -m 644 files/fail2ban.service $(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system
diff --git a/debian/patches/saucy-dsc-patch b/debian/patches/saucy-dsc-patch
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..093e2109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/saucy-dsc-patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neurodebian_use_python2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/patches/trusty-dsc-patch b/debian/patches/trusty-dsc-patch
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..093e2109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/trusty-dsc-patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neurodebian_use_python2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/patches/utopic-dsc-patch b/debian/patches/utopic-dsc-patch
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..093e2109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/utopic-dsc-patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neurodebian_use_python2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/patches/wheezy-dsc-patch b/debian/patches/wheezy-dsc-patch
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..093e2109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/wheezy-dsc-patch
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+neurodebian_use_python2
\ No newline at end of file