diff --git a/lang/python/python3-version.mk b/lang/python/python3-version.mk
index 791dab6b91..8b668c673a 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3-version.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3-version.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # Note: keep in sync with setuptools & pip
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR:=3
 PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR:=9
-PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=9
+PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO:=10
 
 PYTHON3_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR)
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index 525658ef09..1f24eb6900 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$(PKG_VERSION)
-# FIXME: if updating, get rid of [1] & [2] asap
-PKG_HASH:=06828c04a573c073a4e51c4292a27c1be4ae26621c3edc7cf9318418ce3b6d27
+PKG_HASH:=0a8fbfb5287ebc3a13e9baf3d54e08fa06778ffeccf6311aef821bb3a6586cc8
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Python/2.0
@@ -207,14 +206,6 @@ define Build/Compile/python3-pip
 		--root=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-pip \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-$(PYTHON3_PIP_VERSION)-py3-none-any.whl
-	# FIXME: [1] get rid of this asap; 'patch' doesn't like Windows endings, and this file is full of them...
-	#        I actually tried this in a number of ways and the only way to fix this is to implement
-	#        a poor-man's dos2unix using sed.
-	#        The issue is with the pip package; it seems that it throws in some Windows line-endings
-	#        and 'patch' won't handle them. So, we do a "dos2unix" and then patch.
-	#        We can get rid of this once this is solved upstream and in pip:
-	#            https://github.com/pypa/pep517/pull/130
-	sed 's/\r//' -i $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-pip/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/__init__.py
 	$(call PatchDir,$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/install-pip/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/site-packages,./patches-pip,)
 endef
 else
@@ -373,8 +364,6 @@ define Host/Install
 		touch $(HOST_PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/.setuptools_installed_$(PYTHON3_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION)-$(PYTHON3_SETUPTOOLS_PKG_RELEASE)
 	)
 	$(if $(wildcard $(HOST_PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/.pip_installed_$(PYTHON3_PIP_VERSION)-$(PYTHON3_PIP_PKG_RELEASE)),,
-		# FIXME: [2] get rid of this asap; same as [1]
-		sed 's/\r//' -i $(HOST_PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/__init__.py
 		$(call HostPatchDir,$(HOST_PYTHON3_PKG_DIR),./patches-pip,)
 		touch $(HOST_PYTHON3_PKG_DIR)/.pip_installed_$(PYTHON3_PIP_VERSION)-$(PYTHON3_PIP_PKG_RELEASE)
 	)
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/patches/006-do-not-add-multiarch-paths-when-cross-compiling.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/006-do-not-add-multiarch-paths-when-cross-compiling.patch
index 733340fd03..0417ecb595 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/006-do-not-add-multiarch-paths-when-cross-compiling.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/006-do-not-add-multiarch-paths-when-cross-compiling.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/setup.py
 +++ b/setup.py
-@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
          # only change this for cross builds for 3.3, issues on Mageia
          if CROSS_COMPILING:
              self.add_cross_compiling_paths()
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 ee0c8124ee..74f1531531 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
-@@ -714,8 +714,9 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -717,8 +717,9 @@ 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/014-remove-platform-so-suffix.patch b/lang/python/python3/patches/014-remove-platform-so-suffix.patch
index d2a77491f3..cf2e67e0d0 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/014-remove-platform-so-suffix.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/014-remove-platform-so-suffix.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -15461,7 +15461,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking ABIFLAGS... " >&6;
+@@ -15464,7 +15464,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking ABIFLAGS... " >&6;
  $as_echo "$ABIFLAGS" >&6; }
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking SOABI" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking SOABI... " >&6; }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -4807,7 +4807,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SOABI)
+@@ -4812,7 +4812,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SOABI)
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(ABIFLAGS)
  AC_MSG_RESULT($ABIFLAGS)
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(SOABI)
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 bd367a0a7b..94100f2b13 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
-@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ 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 a9fead1d0f..090cb27e09 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch
+++ b/lang/python/python3/patches/016-adjust-config-paths.patch
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  # Here are a couple of targets for MacOSX again, to install a full
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking for python interpre
+@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking for python interpre
  	fi
          { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $interp" >&5
  $as_echo "$interp" >&6; }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
      fi
  elif test "$cross_compiling" = maybe; then
      as_fn_error $? "Cross compiling required --host=HOST-TUPLE and --build=ARCH" "$LINENO" 5
-@@ -15531,7 +15531,7 @@ fi
+@@ -15534,7 +15534,7 @@ fi
  
  
  
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
      fi
  elif test "$cross_compiling" = maybe; then
      AC_MSG_ERROR([Cross compiling required --host=HOST-TUPLE and --build=ARCH])
-@@ -4865,7 +4865,7 @@ fi],
+@@ -4870,7 +4870,7 @@ fi],
  
  dnl define LIBPL after ABIFLAGS and LDVERSION is defined.
  AC_SUBST(PY_ENABLE_SHARED)