diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/python3/checksums.ini
index f2727eaf401..936ac821ed2 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/python3/checksums.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 tarball=Python-VERSION.tar.xz
-sha1=89ee31611b73dc0c32c178d15aa208734b462c5a
-md5=4efe92adf28875c77d3b9b2e8d3bc44a
-cksum=2916176597
+sha1=a368aeed7a3325e47b55168452c356a8eb27ab50
+md5=b353b8433e560e1af2b130f56dfbd973
+cksum=534846730
 upstream_url=https://www.python.org/ftp/python/VERSION/Python-VERSION.tar.xz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/python3/package-version.txt
index 371cfe355dd..b6d8b7612f0 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/python3/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.11.1
+3.11.8
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.6.5-FD_SETSIZE.patch b/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.6.5-FD_SETSIZE.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1e0aa7352e..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.6.5-FD_SETSIZE.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-This patch has never been submitted upstream for some reason, but it simply
-increases the default number of file descriptors the Python process can have on
-Cygwin, which mitigates some issues; see
-https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-03/msg00651.html
-diff --git a/Python-3.6.1/Modules/selectmodule.c.orig b/Python-3.6.1/Modules/selectmodule.c
-index 47da493..ae60234 100644
---- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
-+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
-@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@
- #define _GNU_SOURCE
- #endif
- 
-+/* Windows #defines FD_SETSIZE to 64 if FD_SETSIZE isn't already defined.
-+   64 is too small (too many people have bumped into that limit).
-+   Here we boost it.
-+
-+   Cygwin also defines FD_SETSIZE to 64, so also increase the limit on
-+   Cygwin.  We must do this before sys/types.h is included, which otherwise
-+   sets FD_SETSIZE to the default.
-+
-+   Users who want even more than the boosted limit should #define
-+   FD_SETSIZE higher before this; e.g., via compiler /D switch.
-+*/
-+#if (defined(MS_WINDOWS) || defined(__CYGWIN__)) && !defined(FD_SETSIZE)
-+#define FD_SETSIZE 512
-+#endif
-+
- #include "Python.h"
- #include <structmember.h>
- 
-@@ -26,16 +41,6 @@
- #undef HAVE_BROKEN_POLL
- #endif
- 
--/* Windows #defines FD_SETSIZE to 64 if FD_SETSIZE isn't already defined.
--   64 is too small (too many people have bumped into that limit).
--   Here we boost it.
--   Users who want even more than the boosted limit should #define
--   FD_SETSIZE higher before this; e.g., via compiler /D switch.
--*/
--#if defined(MS_WINDOWS) && !defined(FD_SETSIZE)
--#define FD_SETSIZE 512
--#endif
--
- #if defined(HAVE_POLL_H)
- #include <poll.h>
- #elif defined(HAVE_SYS_POLL_H)
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.7.3-dylib.patch b/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.7.3-dylib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be0de05d388..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/2.7.3-dylib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-This patch provides a workaround to one long-standing problem with building
-extension modules on Cygwin; see https://bugs.python.org/issue2445 for more
-background.
-diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.orig b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-index 3f321c2..fb5a8fc 100644
---- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
-     xcode_stub_lib_format = dylib_lib_format
-     if sys.platform == "cygwin":
-         exe_extension = ".exe"
-+        dylib_lib_extension = ".dll.a"
- 
-     def preprocess(self, source, output_file=None, macros=None,
-                    include_dirs=None, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None):
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/3.2.6-no-enable-new-dtags.patch b/build/pkgs/python3/patches/3.2.6-no-enable-new-dtags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea9b7cecd03..00000000000
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/patches/3.2.6-no-enable-new-dtags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-The --enable-new-dtags linker flag should not be used when building non-ELF
-binaries. This is related to http://bugs.python.org/issue17362
-diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-index 69045f8..7ed0a5f 100644
---- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-@@ -243,9 +243,13 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
-                 # -Wl whenever gcc was used in the past it is probably
-                 # safest to keep doing so.
-                 if sysconfig.get_config_var("GNULD") == "yes":
--                    # GNU ld needs an extra option to get a RUNPATH
-+                    # GNU ELF ld needs an extra option to get a RUNPATH
-                     # instead of just an RPATH.
--                    return "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-R" + dir
-+                    if sys.platform in ["win32", "cygwin"] or \
-+                       "mingw" in compiler:
-+                        return []
-+                    else:
-+                        return "-Wl,--enable-new-dtags,-R" + dir
-                 else:
-                     return "-Wl,-R" + dir
-             else:
diff --git a/build/pkgs/python3/spkg-build.in b/build/pkgs/python3/spkg-build.in
index c8058023b28..f2a8b4311db 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/python3/spkg-build.in
+++ b/build/pkgs/python3/spkg-build.in
@@ -73,25 +73,26 @@ sdh_configure --enable-shared $PYTHON_CONFIGURE
 # we need to provide paths into $SAGE_LOCAL, so that setup.py finds
 # the libraries needed for the extension modules - in particular sqlite3.
 # (The search code there does not know about CPATH and LIBRARY_PATH.)
-make_LDFLAGS="-L. -Wl,-rpath,. -L$SAGE_LOCAL/lib $LDFLAGS"
-make_CPPFLAGS="-I$SAGE_LOCAL/include $CPPFLAGS"
 
-# Also, we need to add an rpath, like we do for SAGE_LOCAL in src/bin/sage-env.
-# SAGE_INST_LOCAL is the installation hierarchy for the current package
-# -- for python3, this is SAGE_VENV.
-make_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$SAGE_INST_LOCAL/lib $make_LDFLAGS"
+if [ "$UNAME" = "Darwin" ]; then
+    make_LDFLAGS="-L$SAGE_LOCAL/lib -L$SAGE_INST_LOCAL/lib $LDFLAGS"
+    # This enables python to find libpython
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="."
+fi
 if [ "$UNAME" = "Linux" ]; then
+    make_LDFLAGS="-L. -Wl,-rpath,. -L$SAGE_LOCAL/lib $LDFLAGS"
+    make_CPPFLAGS="-I$SAGE_LOCAL/include $CPPFLAGS"
+    # Also, we need to add an rpath, like we do for SAGE_LOCAL in src/bin/sage-env.
+    # SAGE_INST_LOCAL is the installation hierarchy for the current package
+    # -- for python3, this is SAGE_VENV.
+    make_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,$SAGE_INST_LOCAL/lib $make_LDFLAGS"
     make_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,$SAGE_INST_LOCAL/lib $make_LDFLAGS"
+    # This enables python to find libpython
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="."
 fi
 
 sdh_make LDFLAGS="$make_LDFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$make_CPPFLAGS"
 
-if [ "$UNAME" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="."
-else
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="."
-fi
-
 # When building on a case-insensitive filesystem (on any OS, not just Windows)
 # the Python executable is output to the build directory as 'python.exe'
 if [ -f "python.exe" ]; then