diff --git a/extra/python/build b/extra/python/build
index 162d886b..3b0403a9 100755
--- a/extra/python/build
+++ b/extra/python/build
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-rm -rf Modules/zlib
-rm -rf Modules/expat
-rm -rf Modules/_ctypes/darwin*
-rm -rf Modules/_ctypes/libffi*
-
 ./configure \
-    --prefix=/usr \
-    --with-system-expat \
-    --with-system-ffi
+    --prefix=/usr
 
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/python/checksums b/extra/python/checksums
index e20c0409..3f4ae3d9 100644
--- a/extra/python/checksums
+++ b/extra/python/checksums
@@ -1 +1 @@
-da60b54064d4cfcd9c26576f6df2690e62085123826cff2e667e72a91952d318  Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
+35446241e995773b1bed7d196f4b624dadcadc8429f26282e756b2fb8a351193  Python-3.6.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/python/depends b/extra/python/depends
deleted file mode 100644
index d76006ca..00000000
--- a/extra/python/depends
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-libressl
-libffi
-expat
-zlib
diff --git a/extra/python/sources b/extra/python/sources
index befb97a3..07cd3c6c 100644
--- a/extra/python/sources
+++ b/extra/python/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.3/Python-3.7.3.tar.xz
+https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.8/Python-3.6.8.tar.xz
diff --git a/extra/python/version b/extra/python/version
index 3f0b66c4..8469792d 100644
--- a/extra/python/version
+++ b/extra/python/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.7.3 1
+3.6.8 1