diff --git a/extra/rust/PKGBUILD b/extra/rust/PKGBUILD
index 2f9de1ee2..f5f78e6af 100644
--- a/extra/rust/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/rust/PKGBUILD
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ highmem=1
 
 pkgname=('rust' 'rust-docs')
 epoch=1
-pkgver=1.34.0
+pkgver=1.34.1
 pkgrel=1
 
 pkgdesc='Systems programming language focused on safety, speed and concurrency'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ url='https://www.rust-lang.org/'
 arch=('x86_64')
 license=('MIT' 'Apache')
 
-makedepends=('rust' 'llvm' 'libffi' 'perl' 'python2' 'curl' 'cmake')
+makedepends=('rust' 'llvm' 'libffi' 'perl' 'python' 'curl' 'cmake')
 checkdepends=('procps-ng' 'gdb')
 
 options=('!emptydirs')
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-$pkgver-src.tar.gz"{,.asc}
         config.toml)
 
-sha256sums=('4c594c7712a0e7e8eae6526c464bf6ea1d82f77b4f61717c3fc28fb27ba2224a'
+sha256sums=('b0c785264d17e1dac4598627c248a2d5e07dd39b6666d1881fcfc8e2cf4c40a7'
             'SKIP'
-            '6a28c9768d0953d2774c7704d2bb293246c4733f2d4720e1ea441a0cd1763fb4')
+            '40025cab816c304a0c664f6ce8fa42c7eeda03fa6b7a4916b5cc22a83467a9fd')
 validpgpkeys=('108F66205EAEB0AAA8DD5E1C85AB96E6FA1BE5FE') # Rust Language (Tag and Release Signing Key) <rust-key@rust-lang.org>
 
 prepare() {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
   cd "rustc-$pkgver-src"
 
-  python2 ./x.py build $jobs
+  python ./x.py build $jobs
 }
 
 package_rust() {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ package_rust() {
 
   cd "rustc-$pkgver-src"
 
-  DESTDIR="$pkgdir" python2 ./x.py install
+  DESTDIR="$pkgdir" python ./x.py install
 
   for license in APACHE MIT; do install -Dm644 "LICENSE-$license" \
     "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE-$license"; done
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ package_rust-docs() {
   install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/"
   mv "$srcdir"/doc/* "$pkgdir"/usr/share/doc/rust/
 
-  msg2 "Packaging license files for the documentation"
   for license in APACHE MIT; do install -Dm644 "rustc-$pkgver-src/LICENSE-$license" \
     "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE-$license"; done
 }
diff --git a/extra/rust/config.toml b/extra/rust/config.toml
index c63d82841..5bb2d2648 100644
--- a/extra/rust/config.toml
+++ b/extra/rust/config.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ link-shared = true
 [build]
 cargo = "/usr/bin/cargo"
 rustc = "/usr/bin/rustc"
-python = "python2.7"
+python = "python"
 extended = true
 sanitizers = false