diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/patches/rust-configure.patch b/srcpkgs/firefox/patches/rust-configure.patch
index 61fb2ba891d..358ba7528e9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/patches/rust-configure.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/patches/rust-configure.patch
@@ -44,69 +44,28 @@ Skip extra checks on cross builds (broken for arm*)
  
  
  @imports("os")
-@@ -410,35 +409,6 @@
- 
-         os.write(in_fd, ensure_binary(source))
-         os.close(in_fd)
--
--        cmd = [
--            rustc,
--            "--crate-type",
--            "staticlib",
--            target_arg,
--            "-o",
--            out_path,
--            in_path,
--        ]
--
--        def failed():
--            die(
--                dedent(
--                    """\
--            Cannot compile for {} with {}
--            The target may be unsupported, or you may not have
--            a rust std library for that target installed. Try:
--
--              rustup target add {}
--            """.format(
--                        host_or_target.alias, rustc, rustc_target
--                    )
--                )
--            )
--
--        check_cmd_output(*cmd, onerror=failed)
--        if not os.path.exists(out_path) or os.path.getsize(out_path) == 0:
--            failed()
-     finally:
-         os.remove(in_path)
-         os.remove(out_path)
-@@ -462,28 +432,7 @@
+@@ -486,6 +485,7 @@
          host, compiler_info, arm_target, rust_supported_targets
      )
      if rustc_target != rustc_host:
--        if host.alias == rustc_target:
--            configure_host = host.alias
--        else:
--            configure_host = "{}/{}".format(host.alias, rustc_target)
--        die(
--            dedent(
--                """\
--        The rust compiler host ({rustc}) is not suitable for the configure host ({configure}).
--
--        You can solve this by:
--        * Set your configure host to match the rust compiler host by editing your
--        mozconfig and adding "ac_add_options --host={rustc}".
--        * Or, install the rust toolchain for {configure}, if supported, by running
--        "rustup default stable-{rustc_target}"
--        """.format(
--                    rustc=rustc_host,
--                    configure=configure_host,
--                    rustc_target=rustc_target,
--                )
--            )
--        )
--    assert_rust_compile(host, rustc_target, rustc)
 +        return rustc_host
+         if host.alias == rustc_target:
+             configure_host = host.alias
+         else:
+@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@
+                 )
+             )
+         )
+-    assert_rust_compile(host, rustc_target, rustc)
      return rustc_target
- 
- 
+
+
+@@ -521,7 +520,6 @@
+     rustc_target = detect_rustc_target(
+         target, compiler_info, arm_target, rust_supported_targets
+     )
+-    assert_rust_compile(target, rustc_target, rustc)
+     return rustc_target
+
+
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index 12d7c28d673..d59925c357c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # THIS PKG MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH "srcpkgs/firefox-i18n".
 #
 pkgname=firefox
-version=128.0.2
+version=129.0
 revision=1
 build_helper="rust"
 short_desc="Mozilla Firefox web browser"
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MPL-2.0, GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/"
 distfiles="${MOZILLA_SITE}/firefox/releases/${version/beta/b}/source/firefox-${version/beta/b}.source.tar.xz"
-checksum=39baed6a9a836adb03ed443ee568438a5093f89e5f8bad3f7b11be8f73b3e45f
+checksum=4b9ff955de7099f09aa1f00985e34695fa1a911e56c2d46cb4d60c3bff3d9174
 
 lib32disabled=yes
 
-hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3.11 yasm rust
+hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python3 yasm rust
  cargo llvm18 clang18 lld18 nodejs cbindgen nasm which tar"
 makedepends="nss-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel gtk+3-devel icu-devel
  pixman-devel libevent-devel libnotify-devel libvpx-devel libwebp-devel
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ post_patch() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	ln -sf "/usr/bin/python3.11" "${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/python3"
-
 	if [ "$build_option_clang" ]; then
 		export CC=clang
 		export CXX=clang++