diff --git a/lang/python/README.md b/lang/python/README.md
index 2a05d3c00a..a6b057c966 100644
--- a/lang/python/README.md
+++ b/lang/python/README.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ By default, automatic Python byte-code generation is disabled when running a Pyt
 The basis of all these packages is:
 * [lang/python/python3](./python3) - The Python 3.x.y interpreter
 
-This is a normal OpenWrt package, which will build the Python interpreter. This also provides `python3-pip` & `python3-setuptools`. Each Python package is actually split into multiple sub-packages [e.g. python3-email, python3-sqlite3, etc]. This can be viewed inside [lang/python/python3/files](./python3/files).
+This is a normal OpenWrt package, which will build the Python interpreter. This also provides `python3-pip` & `python3-setuptools`. Each Python package is actually split into multiple sub-packages [e.g. python3-urllib, python3-sqlite3, etc]. This can be viewed inside [lang/python/python3/files](./python3/files).
 
 The reason for this splitting, is purely to offer a way for some people to package Python in as-minimal-as-possible-and-still-runable way, and also to be somewhat maintainable when packaging. A standard Python installation can take ~20-30 MBs of disk, which can be somewhat big for some people, so there is the `python3-base` package which brings that down to ~5 MBs. This seems to be good enough (and interesting) for a number of people.
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-babel/Makefile b/lang/python/python-babel/Makefile
index 404818aa04..7f53b272bd 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-babel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-babel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-babel
 PKG_VERSION:=2.17.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PYPI_NAME:=babel
 PKG_HASH:=0c54cffb19f690cdcc52a3b50bcbf71e07a808d1c80d549f2459b9d2cf0afb9d
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ define Package/python3-babel
   URL:=https://babel.pocoo.org/
   DEPENDS:= \
     +python3-decimal \
-    +python3-email \
+    +python3-urllib \
     +python3-light \
     +python3-logging \
     +python3-urllib
diff --git a/lang/python/python-cryptography/Makefile b/lang/python/python-cryptography/Makefile
index 59fbc6c307..0816b93ca5 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-cryptography/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-cryptography/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ define Package/python3-cryptography
       +libopenssl \
       +libopenssl-legacy \
       +python3-light \
-      +python3-email \
       +python3-urllib \
       +python3-cffi \
       $(RUST_ARCH_DEPENDS)
diff --git a/lang/python/python-eventlet/Makefile b/lang/python/python-eventlet/Makefile
index f4d45fee0b..e5534363de 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-eventlet/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-eventlet/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-eventlet
 PKG_VERSION:=0.40.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=eventlet
 PKG_HASH:=69bef712b1be18b4930df6f0c495d2a882bf7b63aa111e7b6eeff461cfcaf26f
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ define Package/python3-eventlet
 	+python3-light \
 	+python3-dns \
 	+python3-greenlet \
-	+python3-email \
+	+python3-urllib \
 	+python3-logging \
 	+python3-openssl
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-flit-core/Makefile b/lang/python/python-flit-core/Makefile
index 55d3e27d79..a4566b522d 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-flit-core/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-flit-core/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-flit-core
 PKG_VERSION:=3.12.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=flit-core
 PYPI_SOURCE_NAME:=flit_core
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ define Package/python3-flit-core
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=Distribution-building parts of Flit
   URL:=https://github.com/pypa/flit
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email +python3-logging
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib +python3-logging
   BUILDONLY:=1
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile b/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
index 312a928e99..099f55572b 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-gmpy2/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-gmpy2
 PKG_VERSION:=2.3.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=gmpy2
 PKG_HASH:=2d943cc9051fcd6b15b2a09369e2f7e18c526bc04c210782e4da61b62495eb4a
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/python3-gmpy2
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=GMP/MPIR, MPFR, and MPC interface
   URL:=https://github.com/aleaxit/gmpy
-  DEPENDS:=+libgmp +libmpc +libmpfr +python3-light +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+libgmp +libmpc +libmpfr +python3-light +python3-urllib
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-gmpy2/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-gnupg/Makefile b/lang/python/python-gnupg/Makefile
index f741e7eeb0..8518f829e9 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-gnupg/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-gnupg/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-gnupg
 PKG_VERSION:=0.5.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=python-gnupg
 PKG_SOURCE:=python_gnupg-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ define Package/python3-gnupg
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=A wrapper for GnuPG
   URL:=https://github.com/vsajip/python-gnupg
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-logging +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-logging +python3-urllib
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-gnupg/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-hatchling/Makefile b/lang/python/python-hatchling/Makefile
index f310d77660..ef0f098d90 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-hatchling/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-hatchling/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-hatchling
 PKG_VERSION:=1.29.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=hatchling
 PKG_HASH:=793c31816d952cee405b83488ce001c719f325d9cda69f1fc4cd750527640ea6
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ define Package/python3-hatchling
   URL:=https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/
   DEPENDS:= \
       +python3-light \
-      +python3-email \
+      +python3-urllib \
       +python3-editables \
       +python3-packaging \
       +python3-pathspec \
diff --git a/lang/python/python-installer/Makefile b/lang/python/python-installer/Makefile
index 91b5d608cc..bab8f63ddc 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-installer/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-installer/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-installer
 PKG_VERSION:=0.7.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PYPI_NAME:=installer
 PKG_HASH:=a26d3e3116289bb08216e0d0f7d925fcef0b0194eedfa0c944bcaaa106c4b631
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define Package/python3-installer
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=A library for installing Python wheels
   URL:=https://github.com/pypa/installer
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib
   BUILDONLY:=1
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python-packaging/Makefile b/lang/python/python-packaging/Makefile
index 332acc078b..ffd4f3458d 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-packaging/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-packaging/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-packaging
 PKG_VERSION:=26.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=packaging
 PKG_HASH:=00243ae351a257117b6a241061796684b084ed1c516a08c48a3f7e147a9d80b4
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/python3-packaging
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=Core utilities for Python packages
   URL:=https://github.com/pypa/packaging
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email +python3-logging
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib +python3-logging
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-packaging/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-pygments/Makefile b/lang/python/python-pygments/Makefile
index fde008a9de..1217189c71 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-pygments/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-pygments/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-pygments
 PKG_VERSION:=2.20.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=pygments
 PKG_HASH:=6757cd03768053ff99f3039c1a36d6c0aa0b263438fcab17520b30a303a82b5f
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ define Package/python3-pygments
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=Pygments syntax highlighter
   URL:=https://pygments.org/
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-pygments/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-referencing/Makefile b/lang/python/python-referencing/Makefile
index 4e18f5ef82..8690e1ad4a 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-referencing/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-referencing/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-referencing
 PKG_VERSION:=0.37.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=referencing
 PKG_HASH:=44aefc3142c5b842538163acb373e24cce6632bd54bdb01b21ad5863489f50d8
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/python3-referencing
   URL:=https://github.com/python-jsonschema/referencing
   DEPENDS:= \
     +python3-light \
-    +python3-email \
+    +python3-urllib \
     +python3-attrs \
     +python3-rpds-py
 endef
diff --git a/lang/python/python-tabulate/Makefile b/lang/python/python-tabulate/Makefile
index 907397962d..ee05aa8ccf 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-tabulate/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-tabulate/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-tabulate
 PKG_VERSION:=0.10.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=tabulate
 PKG_HASH:=e2cfde8f79420f6deeffdeda9aaec3b6bc5abce947655d17ac662b126e48a60d
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define Package/python3-tabulate
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=Pretty-print tabular data
   URL:=https://pypi.org/project/tabulate
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-tabulate/description
diff --git a/lang/python/python-wheel/Makefile b/lang/python/python-wheel/Makefile
index b432a12a67..08cf1f5045 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-wheel/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-wheel/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-wheel
 PKG_VERSION:=0.45.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=wheel
 PKG_HASH:=661e1abd9198507b1409a20c02106d9670b2576e916d58f520316666abca6729
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ define Package/python3-wheel
   SUBMENU:=Python
   TITLE:=A built-package format for Python
   URL:=https://github.com/pypa/wheel
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email +python3-logging +python3-setuptools
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib +python3-logging +python3-setuptools
   BUILDONLY:=1
 endef
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3-find-stdlib-depends.sh b/lang/python/python3-find-stdlib-depends.sh
index c402d2308e..66c33add86 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3-find-stdlib-depends.sh
+++ b/lang/python/python3-find-stdlib-depends.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ python3-ctypes: ctypes
 python3-dbm: dbm dbm.dumb dbm.gnu dbm.ndbm
 python3-decimal: decimal
 python3-distutils: distutils
-python3-email: email
 python3-logging: logging
 python3-lzma: lzma
 python3-multiprocessing: multiprocessing
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ python3-pydoc: doctest pydoc
 python3-readline: readline
 python3-sqlite3: sqlite3
 python3-unittest: unittest
-python3-urllib: urllib
+python3-urllib: urllib email
 python3-uuid: uuid
 python3-xml: xml xmlrpc
 "
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index a227335b29..c44b27dc7b 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 include ../python3-version.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PYTHON3_VERSION).$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MICRO)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=Python-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index dfb34bde53..0000000000
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-email.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2016 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-
-define Package/python3-email
-$(call Package/python3/Default)
-  TITLE+= email module
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-urllib
-endef
-
-define Package/python3-email/description
-$(call Package/python3/Default/description)
-
-This package contains the email module.
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-email, \
-	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/email \
-))
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-urllib.mk b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-urllib.mk
index e84e589deb..fa4c150d6e 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-urllib.mk
+++ b/lang/python/python3/files/python3-package-urllib.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 define Package/python3-urllib
 $(call Package/python3/Default)
   TITLE+= URL handling modules
-  DEPENDS:=+python3-light +python3-email
+  DEPENDS:=+python3-light
 endef
 
 define Package/python3-urllib/description
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ This package contains the URL handling modules.
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-urllib, \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/email \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/urllib \
 ))
diff --git a/multimedia/yt-dlp/Makefile b/multimedia/yt-dlp/Makefile
index bdbe5cfd73..09d9b101e4 100644
--- a/multimedia/yt-dlp/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/yt-dlp/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=yt-dlp
 PKG_VERSION:=2026.3.17
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=yt-dlp
 PKG_HASH:=ba7aa31d533f1ffccfe70e421596d7ca8ff0bf1398dc6bb658b7d9dec057d2c9
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ define Package/yt-dlp
     +python3-asyncio \
     +python3-codecs \
     +python3-ctypes \
-    +python3-email \
     +python3-logging \
     +python3-openssl \
     +python3-sqlite3 \
diff --git a/net/fail2ban/Makefile b/net/fail2ban/Makefile
index 8af89b2542..3bee34296e 100644
--- a/net/fail2ban/Makefile
+++ b/net/fail2ban/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ define Package/fail2ban
   +nftables \
   +python3-light \
   +python3-ctypes \
-  +python3-email \
   +python3-logging \
   +python3-sqlite3 \
   +python3-urllib
diff --git a/utils/borgbackup/Makefile b/utils/borgbackup/Makefile
index 27efeb6bab..9c362157dd 100644
--- a/utils/borgbackup/Makefile
+++ b/utils/borgbackup/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=borgbackup
 PKG_VERSION:=1.4.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PYPI_NAME:=borgbackup
 PKG_HASH:=79bbfa745d1901d685973584bd2d16a350686ddd176f6a2244490fb01996441f
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ define Package/borgbackup
   DEPENDS:= \
       +python3-light \
       +python3-codecs \
-      +python3-email \
       +python3-logging \
       +python3-lzma \
       +python3-msgpack \