Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am	(revision 12127)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/Makefile.am	(revision 12128)
@@ -950,7 +950,4 @@
 libISSMPython_a_SOURCES = $(python_sources)
 libISSMPython_a_CXXFLAGS= $(ALLCXXFLAGS)
-if PYTHON3
-libISSMPython_a_CXXFLAGS+=  -DNPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API 
-endif
 endif
 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/python/pythonincludes.h
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/python/pythonincludes.h	(revision 12127)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/toolkits/python/pythonincludes.h	(revision 12128)
@@ -6,4 +6,17 @@
 #define _PYTHON_INCLUDES_H_
 
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+	#include <config.h>
+#else
+#error "Cannot compile with HAVE_CONFIG_H symbol! run configure first!"
+#endif
+
+#if _PYTHON_MAJOR_ == 2
+#undef NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
+#else
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API 
+#endif
 
 #include "Python.h"