diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/patches/CFG_PYTHON.patch b/srcpkgs/rust/patches/CFG_PYTHON.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2665bcbc064..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/patches/CFG_PYTHON.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-commit 486217d7a2779d35c1177c7b1b7e96c1e5d30441 (HEAD, refs/remotes/origin/python, refs/heads/python)
-Author: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
-Date:   Thu Jan 3 02:53:05 2013 -0500
-
-    add missing $(CFG_PYTHON) prefixes
-
-diff --git a/mk/docs.mk b/mk/docs.mk
-index 2a7b3ec..9f64712 100644
---- mk/docs.mk
-+++ mk/docs.mk
-@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ else
- 
- doc/rust.g: rust.md $(S)src/etc/extract_grammar.py
- 	@$(call E, extract_grammar: $@)
--	$(Q)$(S)src/etc/extract_grammar.py $< >$@
-+	$(Q)$(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/extract_grammar.py $< >$@
- 
- verify-grammar: doc/rust.g
- 	@$(call E, LLnextgen: $<)
-diff --git a/mk/snap.mk b/mk/snap.mk
-index 382f3cb..21bdc3b 100644
---- mk/snap.mk
-+++ mk/snap.mk
-@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ define DEF_SNAP_FOR_STAGE_H
- 
- ifdef CFG_INSTALL_SNAP
- snap-stage$(1)-H-$(2): $$(HSREQ$(1)_H_$(2))
--	$(S)src/etc/make-snapshot.py stage$(1) $(2) install
-+	$(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/make-snapshot.py stage$(1) $(2) install
- else
- snap-stage$(1)-H-$(2): $$(HSREQ$(1)_H_$(2))
--	$(S)src/etc/make-snapshot.py stage$(1) $(2)
-+	$(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/make-snapshot.py stage$(1) $(2)
- endif
- 
- endef
-@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ snap-stage1: snap-stage1-H-$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE)
- 
- snap-stage2: snap-stage2-H-$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE)
- 
--snap-stage3: snap-stage3-H-$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE)
-\ No newline at end of file
-+snap-stage3: snap-stage3-H-$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE)
-diff --git a/mk/stage0.mk b/mk/stage0.mk
-index b64f5df..e1a83c1 100644
---- mk/stage0.mk
-+++ mk/stage0.mk
-@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $(HBIN0_H_$(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE))/rustc$(X):		\
- ifdef CFG_ENABLE_LOCAL_RUST
- 	$(Q)$(S)src/etc/local_stage0.sh $(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE) $(CFG_LOCAL_RUST_ROOT)
- else 
--	$(Q)$(S)src/etc/get-snapshot.py $(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE) $(SNAPSHOT_FILE)
-+	$(Q)$(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/get-snapshot.py $(CFG_HOST_TRIPLE) $(SNAPSHOT_FILE)
- ifdef CFG_ENABLE_PAX_FLAGS
- 	@$(call E, apply PaX flags: $@)
- 	@"$(CFG_PAXCTL)" -cm "$@"
-diff --git a/mk/tests.mk b/mk/tests.mk
-index 3f08549..454d540 100644
---- mk/tests.mk
-+++ mk/tests.mk
-@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ tmp/$(FT).rc tmp/$(FT_DRIVER).rs: \
- 		$(RPASS_TESTS) \
- 		$(S)src/etc/combine-tests.py
- 	@$(call E, check: building combined stage2 test runner)
--	$(Q)$(S)src/etc/combine-tests.py
-+	$(Q)$(CFG_PYTHON) $(S)src/etc/combine-tests.py
- 
- define DEF_CHECK_FAST_FOR_T_H
- # $(1) unused