--- PyQt-3.14.1-r2.ebuild	2006-11-16 00:35:46.000000000 +0100
+++ PyQt-3.14.1-r2.ebuild	2006-11-22 14:05:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 
 	sed -i -e "s:  check_license():# check_license():" ${S}/configure.py
 	cd ${S}
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/PyQt-3.14.1-examples.diff"
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/PyQt-3.14.1-python-2.5-compat.diff"
+	has_version ">=dev-lang/python-2.5" && epatch "${FILESDIR}/PyQt-3.14.1-python-2.5-compat.diff"
 }
 
 src_compile() {