diff --git a/package/python3/Config.in b/package/python3/Config.in
index 6d77396380..0c5018f0b3 100644
--- a/package/python3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python3/Config.in
@@ -89,16 +89,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA
 	  Unicode character database (used by stringprep module)
 	  (large).
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UUID
-	bool "uuid module"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-	help
-	  This module provides immutable UUID objects (the UUID class)
-	  and the functions uuid1(), uuid3(), uuid4(), uuid5() for
-	  generating version 1, 3, 4, and 5 UUIDs as specified in RFC
-	  4122.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SQLITE
 	bool "sqlite module"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index efb44c0454..cd01cf1ac3 100644
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA),y)
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --disable-unicodedata
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UUID),y)
-PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
-else
+# Disable auto-detection of uuid.h (util-linux)
+# which would add _uuid module support, instead
+# default to the pure python implementation
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --disable-uuid
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_BZIP2),y)
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2