diff --git a/lang/python/Makefile b/lang/python/Makefile
index ed708b578..d854be50b 100644
--- a/lang/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host
-HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=bzip2/host expat/host libffi/host
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=bzip2/host expat/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--prefix=$(HOST_PYTHON_DIR) \
 	--exec-prefix=$(HOST_PYTHON_DIR) \
 	--with-system-expat=$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG) \
-	--with-system-ffi \
+	--with-system-ffi=no \
 	CONFIG_SITE=
 
 define Host/Install
diff --git a/lang/python/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch b/lang/python/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea062a350..000000000
--- a/lang/python/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-index 75f62a7..4d6c9f2 100755
---- a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-@@ -17257,20 +17257,12 @@ case "$host" in
- 	fi
- 	;;
- 
--  i?86-*-* | x86_64-*-*)
--	TARGETDIR=x86
--	if test $ac_cv_sizeof_size_t = 4; then
--	  case "$host" in
--	    *-gnux32)
--	      TARGET=X86_64
--	      ;;
--	    *)
--	      TARGET=X86
--	      ;;
--          esac
--	else
--	  TARGET=X86_64;
--	fi
-+  i?86-*-*)
-+	TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
-+	;;
-+
-+  x86_64-*-*)
-+	TARGET=X86_64; TARGETDIR=x86
- 	;;
- 
-   ia64*-*-*)