diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/patches/fix-pr-21.patch b/srcpkgs/python/patches/fix-pr-21.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e1e5b771e79..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python/patches/fix-pr-21.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/Include/pyport.h
-+++ b/Include/pyport.h
-@@ -947,7 +947,6 @@
- #define Py_ULL(x) Py_LL(x##U)
- #endif
- 
--#ifdef Py_BUILD_CORE 
- /*
-  * Macros to protect CRT calls against instant termination when passed an
-  * invalid parameter (issue23524).
-@@ -965,6 +964,5 @@
- #define _Py_END_SUPPRESS_IPH
- 
- #endif /* _MSC_VER >= 1900 */
--#endif /* Py_BUILD_CORE */
- 
- #endif /* Py_PYPORT_H */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python/template b/srcpkgs/python/template
index 99d9642e998..f6e5b29f3fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python/template
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # THIS PKG MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH "srcpkgs/python-tkinter".
 #
 pkgname=python
-version=2.7.18.7
-revision=5
-_commit=937f6fc83dc2f7f7156f69c993bc017a26e4f5bd
+version=2.7.18.9
+revision=1
+_commit=76f11e17a26f8cc28f8336303b26cb503710fa7d
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/python2.7"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libffi-devel readline-devel gdbm-devel openssl-devel expat-devel
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Python-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.python.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ActiveState/cpython/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e41b3ebac8ac7b7e3364c7f28892f81153d23dd200ef6aaacec82080aa5d2b56
+checksum=1297e71396f5b58404157d9c6ebf5ac49dddcbad098ecda9d72570f5c7d207e4
 
 alternatives="
  python:idle:/usr/bin/idle2.7
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "glibc" ]; then
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# Ensure that internal copies of expat, libffi and zlib are not used.
+	# Ensure that internal copies of expat and libffi are not used.
 	rm -r Modules/expat
 	rm -r Modules/_ctypes/libffi*
-	rm -r Modules/zlib
 	# Enable loading sqlite extensions.
 	vsed -i '/SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION/d' setup.py
 }