diff --git a/omnibus/config/patches/python/disable_modules.patch b/omnibus/config/patches/python/disable_modules.patch
index f5b3afbf9..5271bc873 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/patches/python/disable_modules.patch
+++ b/omnibus/config/patches/python/disable_modules.patch
@@ -2,22 +2,13 @@ diff --git a/Setup b/Setup.new
 index 02cfb67..26342ef 100644
 --- a/Setup
 +++ b/Setup.new
-@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ _symtable symtablemodule.c
- 
- # Anthony Baxter's gdbm module.  GNU dbm(3) will require -lgdbm:
- 
--#_gdbm _gdbmmodule.c -I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib -lgdbm
-+_gdbm _gdbmmodule.c -I$(prefix)/include -L$(exec_prefix)/lib -lgdbm
- 
- 
- # Helper module for various ascii-encoders
 @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ xxsubtype xxsubtype.c
  # Uncommenting the following line tells makesetup that all following modules
  # are not built (see above for more detail).
  #
 -#*disabled*
 +*disabled*
-+nis _sqlite3
++nis _sqlite3 _gdbm _dbm
  #
  #_sqlite3 _tkinter _curses pyexpat
  #_codecs_jp _codecs_kr _codecs_tw unicodedata
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/gdbm.rb b/omnibus/config/software/gdbm.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 874c33b58..000000000
--- a/omnibus/config/software/gdbm.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-# Copyright 2021 Firezone
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-name "gdbm"
-default_version "1.21"
-
-version("1.21")  { source sha256: "b0b7dbdefd798de7ddccdd8edf6693a30494f7789777838042991ef107339cc2" }
-
-source url: "https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-#{version}.tar.gz"
-
-relative_path "gdbm-#{version}"
-
-build do
-  env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
-
-  configure_command = %W(
-    ./configure
-    --prefix=#{install_dir}/embedded
-  )
-
-  command configure_command.join(" "), env: env
-  make "-j #{workers}", env: env
-  make "-j #{workers} install", env: env
-end
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/python.rb b/omnibus/config/software/python.rb
index 3766b4246..5702ae1cb 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/python.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/python.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ dependency "zlib"
 dependency "openssl"
 dependency "ncurses"
 dependency "libffi"
-dependency "gdbm"
 
 relative_path "Python-#{version}"