diff --git a/multimedia/lives/Makefile b/multimedia/lives/Makefile
index f236ceb731f9..2ee9215dc945 100644
--- a/multimedia/lives/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/lives/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	lives
-PORTVERSION=	2.2.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.2.6
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTVERSION}/ 
 
@@ -41,12 +40,11 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/analyseplugin:${PORTSDIR}/audio/ladspa \
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME:tl}
 
-USES=		libtool pathfix perl5 pkgconfig shebangfix tar:bzip2 
+USES=		libtool pathfix perl5 pkgconfig python shebangfix tar:bzip2
 SHEBANG_FILES=	build-lives-rfx-plugin build-lives-rfx-plugin-multi \
 		smogrify tools/autolives.pl
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_CSTD=	gnu89
-USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_GHOSTSCRIPT_RUN=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/multimedia/lives/distinfo b/multimedia/lives/distinfo
index e4ea82889e6f..5d25d9e01dd2 100644
--- a/multimedia/lives/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/lives/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (lives-2.2.5.tar.bz2) = 6745ebfbd026e45c1672f0696634179de8f42549cb24e483d70db8653abaec68
-SIZE (lives-2.2.5.tar.bz2) = 3588301
+SHA256 (lives-2.2.6.tar.bz2) = 2aaa58a7cb578492fb1a89659668658ddfdf72c510309c71d56896ad9b4c44a0
+SIZE (lives-2.2.6.tar.bz2) = 3587838