diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.10/raise-OSError-for-ERR_LIB_SYS.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.10/raise-OSError-for-ERR_LIB_SYS.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dd1fe891bf25..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.10/raise-OSError-for-ERR_LIB_SYS.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
-index e637830..80728d2 100644
---- a/Modules/_ssl.c
-+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
-@@ -656,6 +656,11 @@ PySSL_SetError(PySSLSocket *sslsock, int ret, const char *filename, int lineno)
-                     errstr = "Some I/O error occurred";
-                 }
-             } else {
-+                if (ERR_GET_LIB(e) == ERR_LIB_SYS) {
-+                    // A system error is being reported; reason is set to errno
-+		    errno = ERR_GET_REASON(e);
-+		    return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
-+                }
-                 p = PY_SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL;
-             }
-             break;
-@@ -681,6 +686,11 @@ PySSL_SetError(PySSLSocket *sslsock, int ret, const char *filename, int lineno)
-                 errstr = "EOF occurred in violation of protocol";
-             }
- #endif
-+            if (ERR_GET_LIB(e) == ERR_LIB_SYS) {
-+                // A system error is being reported; reason is set to errno
-+                errno = ERR_GET_REASON(e);
-+                return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
-+            }
-             break;
-         }
-         default:
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index cdcfb03bca77..5c5fd1ba8711 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # libuuid, slowing down program startup a lot).
       noldconfigPatch
     ]
-    ++ optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.10" && pythonOlder "3.12") [
+    ++ optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.11" && pythonOlder "3.12") [
       # https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0938
       ./CVE-2025-0938.patch
     ]
@@ -383,9 +383,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       # fix failing tests with openssl >= 3.4
       # https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/127361
     ]
-    ++ optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.10" && pythonOlder "3.11") [
-      ./3.10/raise-OSError-for-ERR_LIB_SYS.patch
-    ]
     ++ optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.11" && pythonOlder "3.12") [
       (fetchpatch {
         url = "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4b31edf2d9d72878dab1f66a36913b5bcc848ec.patch";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
index 6a906240c53a..e9a124d481a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/default.nix
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
       sourceVersion = {
         major = "3";
         minor = "10";
-        patch = "16";
+        patch = "17";
         suffix = "";
       };
-      hash = "sha256-v7JJYJmQIgSRobkoUKBxNe0IMeQXOM9oHWPPAbKo+9E=";
+      hash = "sha256-TGgFDwSdG0rFqt0N9fJ5QcA1DSqeerCQfuXrUiXZ1rA=";
       inherit passthruFun;
     };