diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
index c0998e23d0a..41be592a528 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ def libs(self):
     conflicts('+taggedlayout', when='+versionedlayout')
     conflicts('+numpy', when='~python')
 
-    # boost-python in 1.72.0 broken with cxxstd=98
-    conflicts('cxxstd=98', when='+mpi+python @1.72.0:')
-
     # Container's Extended Allocators were not added until 1.56.0
     conflicts('+container', when='@:1.55.99')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-espressopp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-espressopp/package.py
index f243fcb4d28..779873bc98c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-espressopp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-espressopp/package.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class PyEspressopp(CMakePackage):
 
     depends_on("cmake@2.8:", type='build')
     depends_on("mpi")
-    depends_on("boost+serialization+filesystem+system+python+mpi cxxstd=11", when='@1.9.4:')
+    depends_on("boost+serialization+filesystem+system+python+mpi", when='@1.9.4:')
     extends("python")
     depends_on("python@2:2.8")
     depends_on("py-mpi4py@2.0.0:", when='@1.9.4', type=('build', 'run'))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-spatialist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-spatialist/package.py
index ff7386fd00f..e1beee57e5f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-spatialist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-spatialist/package.py
@@ -12,24 +12,16 @@ class PySpatialist(PythonPackage):
     processing using GDAL and OGR."""
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/johntruckenbrodt/spatialist"
-    url      = "https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/spatialist/spatialist-0.4.tar.gz"
+    url      = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/spatialist/spatialist-0.2.8.tar.gz"
 
-    maintainers = ['adamjstewart']
-
-    version('0.4',   sha256='153b118022c06ad2d1d51fb6cd9ecbfc8020bc1995b643ec7fa689a8c5dde7e9')
     version('0.2.8', sha256='97de7f9c0fbf28497ef28970bdf8093a152e691a783e7edad22998cb235154c6')
 
-    depends_on('python@2.7.9:', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
-    depends_on('py-setuptools-scm', type='build')
     depends_on('py-progressbar2', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-jupyter', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-pathos@0.2.0:', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-matplotlib', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-jupyter-core', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-ipython', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-ipywidgets', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-matplotlib', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-prompt-toolkit@2.0.10:2.0.999', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-pathos@0.2:', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-scoop', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-tblib', type=('build', 'run'))
-    depends_on('py-pyyaml', type=('build', 'run'))