diff --git a/programming/language/python3/actions.py b/programming/language/python3/actions.py
index 62a177f369..950ad3ad65 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/actions.py
+++ b/programming/language/python3/actions.py
@@ -23,19 +23,16 @@ def setup():
 
     autotools.rawConfigure("\
                             --prefix=/usr \
-                            --enable-ipv6 \
-                            --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions \
                             --enable-shared \
+                            --with-threads \
                             --with-computed-gotos \
-                            --with-dbmliborder=gdbm:ndbm \
-                            --with-fpectl \
+                            --enable-ipv6 \
                             --with-system-expat \
+                            --with-dbmliborder=gdbm:ndbm \
                             --with-system-ffi \
                             --with-system-libmpdec \
-                            --with-threads \
-                            --with-valgrind \
-                            --without-ensurepip \
-                           ")
+                            --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions \
+                            --without-ensurepip")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make()
diff --git a/programming/language/python3/files/Python-3.1.1-rpath.patch b/programming/language/python3/files/Python-3.1.1-rpath.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1493af2957..0000000000
--- a/programming/language/python3/files/Python-3.1.1-rpath.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-diff -up Python-3.1.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.rpath Python-3.1.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
---- Python-3.1.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.rpath	2009-09-04 17:29:34.000000000 -0400
-+++ Python-3.1.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2009-09-04 17:49:54.000000000 -0400
-@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
-     if sys.platform == "cygwin":
-         exe_extension = ".exe"
- 
-+    def _fix_lib_args(self, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs):
-+        """Remove standard library path from rpath"""
-+        libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs = super(
-+            self.__class__, self)._fix_lib_args(libraries, library_dirs,
-+            runtime_library_dirs)
-+        libdir = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')
-+        if runtime_library_dirs and (libdir in runtime_library_dirs):
-+            runtime_library_dirs.remove(libdir)
-+        return libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs
-+
-     def preprocess(self, source, output_file=None, macros=None,
-                    include_dirs=None, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None):
-         fixed_args = self._fix_compile_args(None, macros, include_dirs)
diff --git a/programming/language/python3/files/dont-make-libpython-readonly.patch b/programming/language/python3/files/dont-make-libpython-readonly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92308bfe97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/programming/language/python3/files/dont-make-libpython-readonly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
+index ce2c0aa..7d6dcf7 100644
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ INSTALL_DATA=	@INSTALL_DATA@
+ # Shared libraries must be installed with executable mode on some systems;
+ # rather than figuring out exactly which, we always give them executable mode.
+ # Also, making them read-only seems to be a good idea...
+-INSTALL_SHARED= ${INSTALL} -m 555
++INSTALL_SHARED= ${INSTALL} -m 755
+ 
+ MKDIR_P=	@MKDIR_P@
+ 
diff --git a/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
index ce4b4cb888..891f6e6b70 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/pspec.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             <Dependency>readline-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
-            <Patch level="1">Python-3.1.1-rpath.patch</Patch>
+            <Patch level="1">dont-make-libpython-readonly.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>