diff --git a/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch b/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
index 3cdbff9..97ce88e 100644
--- a/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
+++ b/0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
@@ -8,27 +8,64 @@ This effectively reverts the following commit:
 
 Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1446850
 ---
- src/module.c | 24 +-----------------------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)
+ src/module.c | 62 ----------------------------------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 62 deletions(-)
 
 diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
 index a7108a0..af79875 100644
 --- a/src/module.c
 +++ b/src/module.c
-@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
- {
-     PyObject *m, *d;
-     const curl_version_info_data *vi;
--    const char *libcurl_version, *runtime_ssl_lib;
-+    const char *libcurl_version;
-     size_t libcurl_version_len, pycurl_version_len;
-     PyObject *xio_module = NULL;
+@@ -328,15 +328,6 @@ initpycurl(void)
      PyObject *collections_module = NULL;
-@@ -345,28 +345,6 @@ initpycurl(void)
+     PyObject *named_tuple = NULL;
+     PyObject *arglist = NULL;
+-#ifdef HAVE_CURL_GLOBAL_SSLSET
+-    const curl_ssl_backend **ssllist = NULL;
+-    CURLsslset sslset;
+-    int i, runtime_supported_backend_found = 0;
+-    char backends[200];
+-    size_t backends_len = 0;
+-#else
+-    const char *runtime_ssl_lib;
+-#endif
+ 
+     assert(Curl_Type.tp_weaklistoffset > 0);
+     assert(CurlMulti_Type.tp_weaklistoffset > 0);
+@@ -354,59 +345,6 @@ initpycurl(void)
          goto error;
      }
  
 -    /* Our compiled crypto locks should correspond to runtime ssl library. */
+-#ifdef HAVE_CURL_GLOBAL_SSLSET
+-    sslset = curl_global_sslset(-1, COMPILE_SSL_LIB, &ssllist);
+-    if (sslset != CURLSSLSET_OK) {
+-        if (sslset == CURLSSLSET_NO_BACKENDS) {
+-            strcpy(backends, "none");
+-        } else {
+-            for (i = 0; ssllist[i] != NULL; i++) {
+-                switch (ssllist[i]->id) {
+-                case CURLSSLBACKEND_OPENSSL:
+-                case CURLSSLBACKEND_GNUTLS:
+-                case CURLSSLBACKEND_NSS:
+-                case CURLSSLBACKEND_WOLFSSL:
+-                case CURLSSLBACKEND_MBEDTLS:
+-                    runtime_supported_backend_found = 1;
+-                    break;
+-                default:
+-                    break;
+-                }
+-                if (backends_len < sizeof(backends)) {
+-                    backends_len += snprintf(backends + backends_len, sizeof(backends) - backends_len, "%s%s", (i > 0) ? ", " : "", ssllist[i]->name);
+-                }
+-            }
+-        }
+-        /* Don't error if both the curl library and pycurl itself is compiled without SSL */
+-        if (runtime_supported_backend_found || COMPILE_SUPPORTED_SSL_BACKEND_FOUND) {
+-            PyErr_Format(PyExc_ImportError, "pycurl: libcurl link-time ssl backends (%s) do not include compile-time ssl backend (%s)", backends, COMPILE_SSL_LIB);
+-            goto error;
+-        }
+-    }
+-#else
 -    if (vi->ssl_version == NULL) {
 -        runtime_ssl_lib = "none/other";
 -    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "OpenSSL/", 8) || !strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "LibreSSL/", 9) ||
@@ -49,6 +86,7 @@ index a7108a0..af79875 100644
 -        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ImportError, "pycurl: libcurl link-time ssl backend (%s) is different from compile-time ssl backend (%s)", runtime_ssl_lib, COMPILE_SSL_LIB);
 -        goto error;
 -    }
+-#endif
 -
      /* Initialize the type of the new type objects here; doing it here
       * is required for portability to Windows without requiring C++. */
diff --git a/python-pycurl.spec b/python-pycurl.spec
index a9c2cad..bba910e 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.spec
+++ b/python-pycurl.spec
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
 %global modname pycurl
 
 Name:           python-%{modname}
-Version:        7.43.0.5
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Version:        7.43.0.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A Python interface to libcurl
 
 License:        LGPLv2+ or MIT
 URL:            http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/
-Source0:        https://dl.bintray.com/pycurl/pycurl/pycurl-%{version}.tar.gz
+# reported as unavailable: https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/issues/651
+# Source0:        https://dl.bintray.com/pycurl/pycurl/pycurl-%%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        https://github.com/pycurl/pycurl/archive/REL_7_43_0_6.tar.gz#/pycurl-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 # drop link-time vs. run-time TLS backend check (#1446850)
 Patch2:         0002-python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ Python 3 version.
 %endif
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{modname}-%{version} -p1
+%autosetup -n %{modname}-REL_7_43_0_6 -p1
 
 # remove windows-specific build script
 rm -f winbuild.py
@@ -107,11 +109,18 @@ sed -e 's/ --show-skipped//' \
     -e 's/ --with-flaky//' \
     -i tests/run.sh
 
+# use %%{python3} instead of python to invoke tests, to make them work on f34
+sed -e 's|python |%{python3} |' -i tests/ext/test-suite.sh
+sed -e 's|^#! */usr/bin/env python$|#! /usr/bin/env %{python3}|' \
+    -i tests/*.py tests/bin/* setup.py
+
 %build
 %if %{with python2}
+%{python2} setup.py docstrings
 %py2_build -- --with-openssl
 %endif
 %if %{with python3}
+%{python3} setup.py docstrings
 %py3_build -- --with-openssl
 %endif
 
@@ -157,6 +166,9 @@ rm -fv tests/fake-curl/libcurl/*.so
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 03 2020 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.43.0.6-1
+- update to 7.43.0.6
+
 * Tue Aug 04 2020 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 7.43.0.5-6
 - relax crypto policy for the test-suite to make it pass again (#1863711)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2300261..4e1d110 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pycurl-7.43.0.5.tar.gz) = 835ed6cca25d2dd3e7084f905f3b0b082d4af04761fa9d4dc4714865863a97c095c08e6f55ada91b9f60ccad7838328a82fb2add8108aea12056200cf1f12845
+SHA512 (pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz) = ea0160794d30758c8163f1f82fc6315c27f2cfd1b9981a7c349a48cee892fc2307e3edd25456378f1a780bc134fca199d8d6431310fd47b2ca6126a8822fea40