diff --git a/ports/python/python.patch b/ports/python/python.patch
index 356234d8..a0b5cd9b 100644
--- a/ports/python/python.patch
+++ b/ports/python/python.patch
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ diff -Paur --no-dereference -- python.upstream/Modules/Setup.dist python/Modules
  # This require zlib 1.1.3 (or later).
  # See http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
 -#zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
-+zlib zlibmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lz
++zlib zlibmodule.c -lz
  
  # Interface to the Expat XML parser
  #