diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/patches/no-certifi.patch b/srcpkgs/electrum/patches/no-certifi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37afcf2780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/patches/no-certifi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+Upstream: No
+Reason: Avoid certifi dependency
+
+diff --git contrib/requirements/requirements.txt contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
+index 7249a40d..7dde766c 100644
+--- contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
++++ contrib/requirements/requirements.txt
+@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ qdarkstyle<2.6
+ aiorpcx>=0.9,<0.11
+ aiohttp
+ aiohttp_socks
+-certifi
+diff --git electrum/interface.py electrum/interface.py
+index 53ce4fde..1d8ef999 100644
+--- electrum/interface.py
++++ electrum/interface.py
+@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
+ 
+ import aiorpcx
+ from aiorpcx import RPCSession, Notification
+-import certifi
+ 
+ from .util import PrintError, ignore_exceptions, log_exceptions, bfh, SilentTaskGroup
+ from . import util
+@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
+     from .network import Network
+ 
+ 
+-ca_path = certifi.where()
++ca_path = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+ 
+ 
+ class NetworkTimeout:
+diff --git electrum/paymentrequest.py electrum/paymentrequest.py
+index f94920a4..88ded436 100644
+--- electrum/paymentrequest.py
++++ electrum/paymentrequest.py
+@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import time
+ import traceback
+ import json
+ 
+-import certifi
+ import urllib.parse
+ import aiohttp
+ 
+@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ from .network import Network
+ REQUEST_HEADERS = {'Accept': 'application/bitcoin-paymentrequest', 'User-Agent': 'Electrum'}
+ ACK_HEADERS = {'Content-Type':'application/bitcoin-payment','Accept':'application/bitcoin-paymentack','User-Agent':'Electrum'}
+ 
+-ca_path = certifi.where()
++ca_path = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+ ca_list = None
+ ca_keyID = None
+ 
+diff --git electrum/util.py electrum/util.py
+index ac41d9e3..85f0a538 100644
+--- electrum/util.py
++++ electrum/util.py
+@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import ssl
+ import aiohttp
+ from aiohttp_socks import SocksConnector, SocksVer
+ from aiorpcx import TaskGroup
+-import certifi
+ 
+ from .i18n import _
+ 
+@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def inv_dict(d):
+     return {v: k for k, v in d.items()}
+ 
+ 
+-ca_path = certifi.where()
++ca_path = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+ 
+ 
+ base_units = {'BTC':8, 'mBTC':5, 'bits':2, 'sat':0}
+diff --git electrum/x509.py electrum/x509.py
+index 6e519cad..bf3aafb2 100644
+--- electrum/x509.py
++++ electrum/x509.py
+@@ -337,8 +337,6 @@ def load_certificates(ca_path):
+ 
+ 
+ if __name__ == "__main__":
+-    import certifi
+-
+     util.set_verbosity(True)
+-    ca_path = certifi.where()
++    ca_path = '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
+     ca_list, ca_keyID = load_certificates(ca_path)
+diff --git run_electrum run_electrum
+index 68040693..a4eb02cc 100755
+--- run_electrum
++++ run_electrum
+@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ def check_imports():
+         import dns
+         import pyaes
+         import ecdsa
+-        import certifi
+         import qrcode
+         import google.protobuf
+         import jsonrpclib
+@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def check_imports():
+     from google.protobuf import descriptor_pb2
+     from jsonrpclib import SimpleJSONRPCServer
+     # make sure that certificates are here
+-    assert os.path.exists(certifi.where())
++    assert os.path.exists('/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt')
+ 
+ 
+ if not is_android:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/electrum/template b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
index 5969de17f9b..b8f9639e377 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/electrum/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/electrum/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'electrum'
 pkgname=electrum
 version=3.3.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 noarch=yes
-wrksrc="Electrum-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="electrum electrum_gui electrum_plugins"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-depends="python3-PyQt5 python3-dnspython python3-ecdsa python3-jsonrpclib
- python3-pbkdf2 python3-protobuf python3-pyaes python3-pycryptodome python3-pysocks
- python3-qrcode python3-requests"
+hostmakedepends="python3-PyQt5-devel-tools python3-setuptools"
+depends="python3-aiohttp python3-aiohttp_socks python3-aiorpcx
+ python3-dnspython python3-ecdsa python3-jsonrpclib python3-protobuf
+ python3-pyaes python3-pycryptodome python3-PyQt5 python3-qrcode"
 # Missing optional dependencies:
 #  btchip - BTChip hardware wallet support
 #  trezor - TREZOR hardware wallet support
@@ -18,8 +17,9 @@ short_desc="Lightweight Bitcoin wallet"
 maintainer="Charles E. Lehner <cel@celehner.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://electrum.org/"
-distfiles="https://download.electrum.org/${version}/Electrum-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=51b2a5dd3b0e924a9525dc1da801a87d113050ee109296496e86e6bc396cee6d
+# patch doesn't apply for PyPI tarball
+distfiles="https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=303688ed42d5eeda75e6fd37fb81291628d6b0aa23046b44f8eb1485cb79dec5
 
 post_install() {
 	sed -i -e 's|electrum %u|electrum|' \