diff --git a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
index 81bf465de1d..d33de0b8049 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-tk/Tkinter.py
@@ -1652,12 +1652,6 @@ def report_callback_exception(self, exc, val, tb):
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         "Delegate attribute access to the interpreter object"
         return getattr(self.tk, attr)
-    def __hasattr__(self, attr):
-        "Delegate attribute access to the interpreter object"
-        return hasattr(self.tk, attr)
-    def __delattr__(self, attr):
-        "Delegate attribute access to the interpreter object"
-        return delattr(self.tk, attr)
 
 # Ideally, the classes Pack, Place and Grid disappear, the
 # pack/place/grid methods are defined on the Widget class, and
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e457fa19ff1..44ea538e9a8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Fix a problem in Tkinter introduced by SF patch #869468: delete bogus
+  __hasattr__ and __delattr__ methods on class Tk that were breaking
+  Tkdnd.
+
 - SF bug #1238681:  freed pointer is used in longobject.c:long_pow().
 
 - SF bug #1229429: PyObject_CallMethod failed to decrement some