diff --git a/lang/python3/Makefile b/lang/python3/Makefile
index aa758b563..81e6679f8 100644
--- a/lang/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python3/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION)
 PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_NAME:=python3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON_VERSION).$(PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ MAKE_FLAGS+=\
 	LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
 	PGEN=pgen3
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
-MAKE_FLAGS+=PYTHON_DECIMAL_WITH_MACHINE=ansi32
-endif
-
 EXTRA_CFLAGS+= \
 	-DNDEBUG -fno-inline
 EXTRA_LDFLAGS+= \
@@ -231,6 +227,9 @@ define Py3Package/python3/filespec
 -|$(PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)
 endef
 
+HOST_LDFLAGS += \
+	$$$$(pkg-config --static --libs libcrypto libssl)
+
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--without-cxx-main \
 	--without-pymalloc \
@@ -238,14 +237,13 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
 	--prefix=$(HOST_PYTHON3_DIR) \
 	--exec-prefix=$(HOST_PYTHON3_DIR) \
 	--with-system-expat=$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG) \
-	--with-system-ffi \
+	--with-system-ffi=no \
 	--with-ensurepip=no \
-	CONFIG_SITE= \
-	CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)"
+	CONFIG_SITE=
 
 define Host/Compile
-	+$(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) python Parser/pgen
-	+$(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) sharedmods
+	+$(HOST_MAKE_VARS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) python Parser/pgen
+	+$(HOST_MAKE_VARS) $(MAKE) $(HOST_JOBS) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) sharedmods
 endef
 
 define Host/Install
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-host.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-host.mk
index 8ff6dd789..3abf6aa5f 100644
--- a/lang/python3/files/python3-host.mk
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-host.mk
@@ -78,13 +78,4 @@ define HostPy3/Compile/Default
 	)
 endef
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),python3)
-define Host/Compile
-	$(call HostPy3/Compile/Default)
-endef
-
-define Host/Install
-endef
-endif # python3
-
 endif # __python3_host_mk_inc
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch b/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea062a350..000000000
--- a/lang/python3/patches/005-fix-libffi-x86-64-configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-index 75f62a7..4d6c9f2 100755
---- a/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/configure
-@@ -17257,20 +17257,12 @@ case "$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*-*-*)
diff --git a/lang/python3/patches/011-do-not-prefer-ncursesw.patch b/lang/python3/patches/011-do-not-prefer-ncursesw.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c02322534..000000000
--- a/lang/python3/patches/011-do-not-prefer-ncursesw.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 2779658..b6d3d61 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
-         # use the same library for the readline and curses modules.
-         if 'curses' in readline_termcap_library:
-             curses_library = readline_termcap_library
--        elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncursesw'):
--            curses_library = 'ncursesw'
-+        #elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncursesw'):
-+        #    curses_library = 'ncursesw'
-         elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'ncurses'):
-             curses_library = 'ncurses'
-         elif self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'curses'):