diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.7/darwin-libutil.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.7/darwin-libutil.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51e3cb6d7f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/3.7/darwin-libutil.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
+index c3682b4..16826c6 100644
+--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
++++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
+@@ -5880,15 +5880,13 @@ error:
+ #if defined(HAVE_OPENPTY) || defined(HAVE_FORKPTY) || defined(HAVE_DEV_PTMX)
+ #ifdef HAVE_PTY_H
+ #include <pty.h>
+-#else
++#endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_LIBUTIL_H
+ #include <libutil.h>
+-#else
++#endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_UTIL_H
+ #include <util.h>
+-#endif /* HAVE_UTIL_H */
+-#endif /* HAVE_LIBUTIL_H */
+-#endif /* HAVE_PTY_H */
++#endif
+ #ifdef HAVE_STROPTS_H
+ #include <stropts.h>
+ #endif
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index e75bd0a09875..c1c90d35815c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -103,10 +103,7 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./3.5/ld_library_path.patch
   ] ++ optionals (isPy37 || isPy38) [
     # Fix darwin build https://bugs.python.org/issue34027
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = https://bugs.python.org/file47666/darwin-libutil.patch;
-      sha256 = "0242gihnw3wfskl4fydp2xanpl8k5q7fj4dp7dbbqf46a4iwdzpa";
-    })
+    ./3.7/darwin-libutil.patch
   ] ++ optionals (isPy3k && hasDistutilsCxxPatch) [
     # Fix for http://bugs.python.org/issue1222585
     # Upstream distutils is calling C compiler to compile C++ code, which