diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index 02031dd17..01f89981c 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 PKG_NAME:=python3
 # XXX: reset PKG_RELEASE to 1 only if Python's pip & setuptools versions have also bumped;
 #      otherwise, keep bumping PKG_RELEASE
-PKG_RELEASE:=8
+PKG_RELEASE:=9
 PKG_VERSION:=$(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:=9229773be41ed144370f47f0f626a1579931f5a390f1e8e3853174d52edd64a9
+PKG_HASH:=cda7d967c9a4bfa52337cdf551bcc5cff026b6ac50a8834e568ce4a794ca81da
 
 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/files/python3-version.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-version.mk
index e1129215b..2990892e9 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-version.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-version.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Note: keep in sync with setuptools & pip
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR:=3
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR:=6
-PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=2
+PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=3
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/008-fix-distutils-path-creation.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/008-fix-distutils-path-creation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 796c1a2e4..000000000
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/008-fix-distutils-path-creation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/Lib/imp.py
-+++ b/Lib/imp.py
-@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ def load_package(name, path):
-         extensions = (machinery.SOURCE_SUFFIXES[:] +
-                       machinery.BYTECODE_SUFFIXES[:])
-         for extension in extensions:
--            path = os.path.join(path, '__init__'+extension)
--            if os.path.exists(path):
-+            init_path = os.path.join(path, '__init__'+extension)
-+            if os.path.exists(init_path):
-+                path = init_path
-                 break
-         else:
-             raise ValueError('{!r} is not a package'.format(path))
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/012-disable-wcsftime-detection.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/012-disable-wcsftime-detection.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8432ac2a7..000000000
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/012-disable-wcsftime-detection.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -11271,7 +11271,7 @@ for ac_func in alarm accept4 setitimer g
-  sigtimedwait sigwait sigwaitinfo snprintf strftime strlcpy symlinkat sync \
-  sysconf tcgetpgrp tcsetpgrp tempnam timegm times tmpfile tmpnam tmpnam_r \
-  truncate uname unlinkat unsetenv utimensat utimes waitid waitpid wait3 wait4 \
-- wcscoll wcsftime wcsxfrm wmemcmp writev _getpty
-+ wcscoll wcsxfrm wmemcmp writev _getpty
- do :
-   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
- ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"