diff --git a/dependency_support/com_github_yosyshq_nextpnr/bundled.BUILD.bazel b/dependency_support/com_github_yosyshq_nextpnr/bundled.BUILD.bazel
index a71fbd9f..041b9a2d 100644
--- a/dependency_support/com_github_yosyshq_nextpnr/bundled.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/dependency_support/com_github_yosyshq_nextpnr/bundled.BUILD.bazel
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ cc_binary(
     linkopts = ["-lpthread"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = DEPS + [
-        "@rules_hdl//dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter",
+        "@python39//:libpython",
         ":common",
         ":%s_chipdb" % family,
     ],
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ cc_binary(
         ":common",
         ":%s_chipdb" % family,
         "@com_google_googletest//:gtest_main",
-        "@rules_hdl//dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter",
+        "@python39//:libpython",
     ],
 ) for family in [
     # There are no unit tests for ECP5 under tests/ecp5.
diff --git a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/BUILD b/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e730b2..00000000
--- a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# 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.
-
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_import")
-load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary")
-
-package(
-    default_applicable_licenses = ["//:package_license"],
-    default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-)
-
-py_binary(
-    name = "print_libpython_path",
-    srcs = ["print_libpython_path.py"],
-    python_version = "PY3",
-    srcs_version = "PY3",
-)
-
-genrule(
-    name = "embdedded_python_interpreter_so",
-    outs = ["embedded_python_interpreter.so"],
-    # The .so file for the Python runtime has a name that is not known at
-    # analysis time. Because Bazel needs to know the name of the .so file
-    # at analysis time we use a genrule to copy the .so file to a known path.
-    # This causes problems with linking though, because the .so file has a
-    # SONAME entry which causes the linker to create an executable that points
-    # to the path named in SONAME rather than embdedded_python_interpreter.so.
-    # To force the linker to make an executable that points to the right shared
-    # library, the .so file is rewritten so that the SONAME field has the right
-    # path in it.
-    cmd = "cp \"$$($(location :print_libpython_path))\" $@ && $(location @org_nixos_patchelf//:patchelf) --set-soname embedded_python_interpreter.so $@",
-    exec_tools = [
-        ":print_libpython_path",
-        "@org_nixos_patchelf//:patchelf",
-    ],
-)
-
-# C binaries that embed a Python interpreter can depend on this library to get
-# access to the Python symbols. This target uses libpython from the Python
-# interpreter that is used by Bazel.
-cc_import(
-    name = "embedded_python_interpreter",
-    shared_library = "embedded_python_interpreter.so",
-    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
-)
diff --git a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/README.md b/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3df68648..00000000
--- a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# Embedded Python interpreter
-
-Unlike most other directories under `dependency_support`, this package doesn't
-download a external source. Instead it exposes the
-`@rules_hdl//dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter` target, which C++
-targets can depend on to get access to Python symbols. This points to the Python
-libraries that are provided by the Python interpreter that is used by Bazel.
diff --git a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/print_libpython_path.py b/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/print_libpython_path.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b798eee..00000000
--- a/dependency_support/embedded_python_interpreter/print_libpython_path.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
-#
-# 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.
-
-"""Prints the path to the libpython shared library."""
-
-from distutils import sysconfig
-import os
-
-config_vars = sysconfig.get_config_vars()
-file_paths = [
-  os.path.join(config_vars[pv], config_vars['LDLIBRARY'])
-  for pv in ('LIBDIR', 'LIBPL')
-]
-
-if 'rules_hdl_cpython' in config_vars['prefix']:
-  # Hack: Work around broken library paths in the hermetic Python toolchain that
-  # is used in rules_hdl CI runs (and can optionally be used by its users as
-  # well). It reports that the library path is an absolute path like
-  #
-  #   /install/lib/libpython3.8.so
-  #
-  # but this path doesn't exist. So we'll fix it here.
-  file_paths = [path.replace('/install', config_vars['prefix']) for path in file_paths]
-
-print(list(filter(os.path.exists, file_paths))[0])