diff --git a/ports/python3/0001-Static-library.patch b/ports/python3/0001-Static-library.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b5666ba402d6c5..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/0001-Static-library.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
---- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
-   <Import Project="python.props" />
-   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
-   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
--    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
-     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
-   </PropertyGroup>
-   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
-@@ -67,13 +67,25 @@
-     <ClCompile>
-       <AdditionalOptions>/Zm200  %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PySourcePath)Python;$(PySourcePath)Modules\zlib;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
--      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_USRDLL;Py_BUILD_CORE;Py_ENABLE_SHARED;MS_DLL_ID="$(SysWinVer)";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_USRDLL;Py_BUILD_CORE;Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED;MS_DLL_ID="$(SysWinVer)";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-     </ClCompile>
-     <Link>
-       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(PySourcePath)PC\external\$(PlatformToolset)\$(ArchName)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-       <BaseAddress>0x1e000000</BaseAddress>
-     </Link>
-+    <Lib>
-+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
-+    </Lib>
-+    <Lib>
-+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
-+    </Lib>
-+    <Lib>
-+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
-+    </Lib>
-+    <Lib>
-+      <TargetMachine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">MachineX86</TargetMachine>
-+    </Lib>
-   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
-   <ItemGroup>
-     <ClInclude Include="..\Include\abstract.h" />
--- 
diff --git a/ports/python3/0002-Static-CRT.patch b/ports/python3/0002-Static-CRT.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f63aa092b4954..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/0002-Static-CRT.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
-       <AdditionalOptions>/Zm200  %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PySourcePath)Python;$(PySourcePath)Modules\zlib;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_USRDLL;Py_BUILD_CORE;Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED;MS_DLL_ID="$(SysWinVer)";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-+      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-+      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
-+      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-+      <RuntimeLibrary Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
-     </ClCompile>
-     <Link>
-       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
--- 
-
diff --git a/ports/python3/0003-Fix-header-for-static-linkage.patch b/ports/python3/0003-Fix-header-for-static-linkage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 99e56d29c670f3..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/0003-Fix-header-for-static-linkage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/PC/pyconfig.h b/PC/pyconfig.h
-index 64e7aec..aa36745 100644
---- a/PC/pyconfig.h
-+++ b/PC/pyconfig.h
-@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ typedef int pid_t;
- 
- /* For Windows the Python core is in a DLL by default.  Test
- Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED to find out.  Also support MS_NO_COREDLL for b/w compat */
-+#define Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED
- #if !defined(MS_NO_COREDLL) && !defined(Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED)
- #	define Py_ENABLE_SHARED 1 /* standard symbol for shared library */
- #	define MS_COREDLL	/* deprecated old symbol */
--- 
-
diff --git a/ports/python3/0004-Fix-iomodule-for-RS4-SDK.patch b/ports/python3/0004-Fix-iomodule-for-RS4-SDK.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a0efc8d1c937d7..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/0004-Fix-iomodule-for-RS4-SDK.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
---- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
-+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
- #endif /* HAVE_SYS_STAT_H */
- 
- #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
--#include <consoleapi.h>
-+#include <windows.h>
- #endif
- 
- /* Various interned strings */
diff --git a/ports/python3/0005-Fix-DefaultWindowsSDKVersion.patch b/ports/python3/0005-Fix-DefaultWindowsSDKVersion.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 13f7b39e09e105..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/0005-Fix-DefaultWindowsSDKVersion.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
---- a/PCbuild/python.props
-+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
-@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
-    -->
-    <_RegistryVersion>$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0@ProductVersion)</_RegistryVersion>
-    <_RegistryVersion Condition="$(_RegistryVersion) == ''">$(Registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WOW6432Node\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0@ProductVersion)</_RegistryVersion>
--    <DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>10.0.15063.0</DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>
-+    <DefaultWindowsSDKVersion Condition="$(_RegistryVersion) == '10.0.15063'">10.0.15063.0</DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>
-    <DefaultWindowsSDKVersion Condition="$(_RegistryVersion) == '10.0.14393'">10.0.14393.0</DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>
-    <DefaultWindowsSDKVersion Condition="$(_RegistryVersion) == '10.0.10586'">10.0.10586.0</DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>
-    <DefaultWindowsSDKVersion Condition="$(_RegistryVersion) == '10.0.10240'">10.0.10240.0</DefaultWindowsSDKVersion>
diff --git a/ports/python3/CONTROL b/ports/python3/CONTROL
index f37197e8325cd8..db8f63766d423d 100644
--- a/ports/python3/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/python3/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: python3
-Version: 3.6.4-5
+Version: 3.7.3
 Description: The Python programming language as an embeddable library
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ports/python3/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Native.patch b/ports/python3/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Native.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 50b7283408b8c5..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Native.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-index 0f01852..6e63711 100644
---- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
-@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
-     </ClCompile>
-     <Link>
-       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
--      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(PySourcePath)PC\external\$(PlatformToolset)\$(ArchName)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories);$(PySourcePath)PC\external\v140\$(ArchName)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-       <BaseAddress>0x1e000000</BaseAddress>
-     </Link>
-   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/ports/python3/dev16.patch b/ports/python3/dev16.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 38a9687291732e..00000000000000
--- a/ports/python3/dev16.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
-index 9a096bc..0647cf8 100644
---- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
-+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
-@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@
-           Inputs="$(PySourcePath)Include\patchlevel.h"
-           Outputs="$(IntDir)pythonnt_rc.h">
-     <WriteLinesToFile File="$(IntDir)pythonnt_rc.h" Overwrite="true" Encoding="ascii"
--                      Lines='/* This file created by pyproject.props /t:GeneratePythonNtRcH */
--#define FIELD3 $(Field3Value)
--#define MS_DLL_ID "$(SysWinVer)"
-+                      Lines='/* This file created by pyproject.props /t:GeneratePythonNtRcH */;
-+#define FIELD3 $(Field3Value);
-+#define MS_DLL_ID "$(SysWinVer)";
- #define PYTHON_DLL_NAME "$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)"
- ' />
-     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/ports/python3/portfile.cmake b/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
index 308f0aa37fba0c..809b825f2297a5 100644
--- a/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/python3/portfile.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic AND VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL static
 endif()
 
 set(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR  3)
-set(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR  6)
-set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH  4)
+set(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR  7)
+set(PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH  3)
 set(PYTHON_VERSION        ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_PATCH})
 
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH TEMP_SOURCE_PATH
     REPO python/cpython
     REF v${PYTHON_VERSION}
-    SHA512 32cca5e344ee66f08712ab5533e5518f724f978ec98d985f7612d0bd8d7f5cac25625363c9eead192faf1806d4ea3393515f72ba962a2a0bed26261e56d8c637
+    SHA512 023960a2f570fe7178d3901df0c3c33346466906b6d55c73ef7947c19619dbab62efc42c7262a0539bc5e31543b1113eb7a088d4615ad7557a0707bdaca27940
     HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0004-Fix-iomodule-for-RS4-SDK.patch
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0005-Fix-DefaultWindowsSDKVersion.patch
-        dev16.patch
-        Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Configuration.Native.patch
 )
 
 # We need per-triplet directories because we need to patch the project files differently based on the linkage
@@ -29,21 +24,6 @@ set(SOURCE_PATH "${TEMP_SOURCE_PATH}-Lib-${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}-crt-${VCPKG_CR
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${SOURCE_PATH})
 file(RENAME "${TEMP_SOURCE_PATH}" ${SOURCE_PATH})
 
-if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-    vcpkg_apply_patches(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-        PATCHES
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-Static-library.patch
-    )
-endif()
-if (VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-    vcpkg_apply_patches(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-        PATCHES
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0002-Static-CRT.patch
-    )
-endif()
-
 if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE MATCHES "x86")
     set(BUILD_ARCH "Win32")
     set(OUT_DIR "win32")
@@ -58,14 +38,6 @@ vcpkg_build_msbuild(
     PROJECT_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/PCBuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
     PLATFORM ${BUILD_ARCH})
 
-if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-    vcpkg_apply_patches(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-        PATCHES
-            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0003-Fix-header-for-static-linkage.patch
-    )
-endif()
-
 file(GLOB HEADERS ${SOURCE_PATH}/Include/*.h)
 file(COPY ${HEADERS} ${SOURCE_PATH}/PC/pyconfig.h DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR})