diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index b5d9cf46f4..5193b160cb 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ PYTHON_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION)
 PYTHON_VERSION_MICRO:=$(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:=12
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 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:=cda7d967c9a4bfa52337cdf551bcc5cff026b6ac50a8834e568ce4a794ca81da
+PKG_HASH:=159b932bf56aeaa76fd66e7420522d8c8853d486b8567c459b84fe2ed13bcaba
 
 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 2990892e98..e42eeb8a02 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:=3
+PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=4
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch
index 14d98cebe7..1a2a68ebfe 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/001-enable-zlib.patch
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH] enable zlib
 
 --- a/Modules/Setup.dist
 +++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
-@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ _symtable symtablemodule.c
+@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ _symtable symtablemodule.c
  # Andrew Kuchling's zlib module.
  # This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
  # See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
index 7e7b252200..5993859808 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/003-do-not-run-distutils-tests.patch
@@ -1,44 +1,18 @@
 --- a/Makefile.pre.in
 +++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -1307,41 +1307,6 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
+@@ -1341,6 +1341,7 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) `cat pybuilddir.txt`/_sysconfigdata_$(ABIFLAGS)_$(MACHDEP)_$(MULTIARCH).py \
  		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST); \
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
--	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests; then \
--		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
--			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
--	fi
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
--		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
--		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
--		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
--		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -OO $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
--		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
--		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
--		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
--		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -OO $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
--		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/PatternGrammar.txt
++ifeq (@COMPILE_ALL_TESTS@,yes)
+ 	if test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests; then \
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
+@@ -1376,6 +1377,7 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
+ 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
+ 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+ 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/PatternGrammar.txt
++endif
  
  python-config: $(srcdir)/Misc/python-config.in Misc/python-config.sh
  	# Substitution happens here, as the completely-expanded BINDIR
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/006-remove-multi-arch-and-local-paths.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/006-remove-multi-arch-and-local-paths.patch
index 903e35d8e8..cad73edc80 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/006-remove-multi-arch-and-local-paths.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/006-remove-multi-arch-and-local-paths.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -487,16 +487,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -512,16 +512,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
              return ['m']
  
      def detect_modules(self):
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
index e593a1b719..3211f73861 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/010-do-not-add-rt-lib-dirs-when-cross-compiling.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -522,8 +522,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
          # directly since an inconsistently reproducible issue comes up where
          # the environment variable is not set even though the value were passed
          # into configure and stored in the Makefile (issue found on OS X 10.3).
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/011-fix-ncursesw-definition-colisions.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/011-fix-ncursesw-definition-colisions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1597f4af95..0000000000
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/011-fix-ncursesw-definition-colisions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
-+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
-@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ char *PyCursesVersion = "2.2";
-     #defines many common symbols (such as "lines") which breaks the
-     curses module in other ways.  So the code will just specify
-     explicit prototypes here. */
--extern int setupterm(char *,int,int *);
- #ifdef __sgi
- #include <term.h>
- #endif
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/015-abort-on-failed-modules.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/015-abort-on-failed-modules.patch
index a49641c8d8..09a48af690 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/015-abort-on-failed-modules.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/015-abort-on-failed-modules.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
              print("Failed to build these modules:")
              print_three_column(failed)
              print()
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch
index cca6e1ed77..0345dd9751 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
          abi=sys.abiflags,
 --- a/Makefile.pre.in
 +++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
+@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Modules/
  			esac; \
  		done; \
  	done
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 +	$(INSTALL_DATA) `cat pybuilddir.txt`/_sysconfigdata*.py \
  		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST); \
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
- 
-@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ sharedinstall: sharedmods
+ ifeq (@COMPILE_ALL_TESTS@,yes)
+@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@ sharedinstall: sharedmods
  		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
  		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
  		--root=$(DESTDIR)/