diff --git a/native_bootstrap.sh b/native_bootstrap.sh
index b3fea5b6d..4b5411bd3 100755
--- a/native_bootstrap.sh
+++ b/native_bootstrap.sh
@@ -893,8 +893,8 @@ redox()
     patch \
     pkgar \
     pkg-config \
+    python312 \
     rust \
-    rustpython \
     sdl1 \
     sdl2-ttf \
     vim"
diff --git a/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
index ea9e54065..6ff71a4be 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/lua54/recipe.toml
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ blake3 = "e51c2f347e3185479d5ff95cae8ac77511db486853269443c56bedaa0a6ae629"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 rsync -av --delete "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/" ./
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}" posix \
-    AR="${TARGET}-ar rcu" \
-    CC="${CC_WRAPPER} ${TARGET}-gcc -std=gnu99" \
-    RANLIB="${TARGET}-ranlib" \
-    SYSLDFLAGS="-static"
+    AR="${AR} rcu" \
+    CC="${CC} -std=gnu99" \
+    RANLIB="${RANLIB}" \
+    SYSLDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 
 "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install INSTALL_TOP="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 """
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rustpython/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/rustpython/recipe.toml
index 267313109..bbed445a6 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rustpython/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rustpython/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/RustPython/RustPython"
-# newer rev requires TLS 1.3 (openssl3) and 'bits/libc-header-start.h' for bindgen
+# newer rev requires 'bits/libc-header-start.h' for bindgen
 rev = "2025-10-13-main-51"
 shallow_clone = true
 patches = [
diff --git a/recipes/groups/desktop/recipe.toml b/recipes/groups/desktop/recipe.toml
index 36544a83a..a6503ae19 100644
--- a/recipes/groups/desktop/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/groups/desktop/recipe.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ dependencies = [
     "orbutils",
     "patchelf",
     "pop-icon-theme",
-    "rustpython",
     "shared-mime-info",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/groups/dev-essential/recipe.toml b/recipes/groups/dev-essential/recipe.toml
index 31fc40b80..eb24f5703 100644
--- a/recipes/groups/dev-essential/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/groups/dev-essential/recipe.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ dependencies = [
     "gnu-binutils",
     "gnu-make",
     "gnu-grep",
+    "perl5",
+    "python312",
     "ripgrep",
-    "rustpython",
     "lua54",
     "nasm",
     "patch",
     "pkg-config",
     "rust",
     "sed",
-    "strace",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml b/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
index 44dfa7cf6..17cfee67d 100644
--- a/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/other/cookbook/recipe.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "nasm",
     "pkg-config",
     "pkgar",
-    "rustpython",
+    "python312",
     "sed",
     "wget",
 ]