diff --git a/lang/python/python3-version.mk b/lang/python/python3-version.mk
index 8f4cf1ebb..60dcbccbc 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3-version.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3-version.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Note: keep in sync with setuptools & pip
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR:=3
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR:=7
-PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=0
+PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=1
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index adb5d2019..ba0d9e32b 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON_VERSION).$(PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=0382996d1ee6aafe59763426cf0139ffebe36984474d0ec4126dd1c40a8b3549
+PKG_HASH:=fa7e2b8e8c9402f192ad56dc4f814089d1c4466c97d780f5e5acc02c04243d6d
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=PSF
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi_msvc/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/darwin/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi/LICENSE Modules/_ctypes/libffi_osx/LICENSE Tools/pybench/LICENSE
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/002-fix-implicit-dh-free-declaration.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/002-fix-implicit-dh-free-declaration.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 46cfa9b1c..000000000
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/002-fix-implicit-dh-free-declaration.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
-index 2bce4816d2..3c93884809 100644
---- a/Modules/_ssl.c
-+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
-@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static PySocketModule_APIObject PySocketModule;
- #include "openssl/err.h"
- #include "openssl/rand.h"
- #include "openssl/bio.h"
-+#include "openssl/dh.h"
- 
- #ifndef HAVE_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_SET1_HOST
- #  ifdef LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER