diff --git a/tests/ci/integration/python_patch/main/aws-lc-cpython.patch b/tests/ci/integration/python_patch/main/aws-lc-cpython.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c1b7cf7a9f..0000000000
--- a/tests/ci/integration/python_patch/main/aws-lc-cpython.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Modules/Setup b/Modules/Setup
-index a066982..3d7fbc3 100644
---- a/Modules/Setup
-+++ b/Modules/Setup
-@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ PYTHONPATH=$(COREPYTHONPATH)
- #_hashlib _hashopenssl.c $(OPENSSL_INCLUDES) $(OPENSSL_LDFLAGS) -lcrypto
- 
- # To statically link OpenSSL:
--# _ssl _ssl.c $(OPENSSL_INCLUDES) $(OPENSSL_LDFLAGS) \
--#     -l:libssl.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libssl.a \
--#     -l:libcrypto.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libcrypto.a
--# _hashlib _hashopenssl.c $(OPENSSL_INCLUDES) $(OPENSSL_LDFLAGS) \
--#     -l:libcrypto.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libcrypto.a
-+_ssl _ssl.c $(OPENSSL_INCLUDES) $(OPENSSL_LDFLAGS) \
-+    -l:libssl.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libssl.a \
-+    -l:libcrypto.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libcrypto.a
-+_hashlib _hashopenssl.c $(OPENSSL_INCLUDES) $(OPENSSL_LDFLAGS) \
-+    -l:libcrypto.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libcrypto.a
- 
- # The _tkinter module.
- #
diff --git a/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh b/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
index 221a14d648..de3521cda9 100755
--- a/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
+++ b/tests/ci/integration/run_python_integration.sh
@@ -207,9 +207,18 @@ cd ${SCRATCH_FOLDER}
 
 mkdir -p ${AWS_LC_BUILD_FOLDER} ${AWS_LC_INSTALL_FOLDER}
 
+# Link AWS-LC dynamically against CPython's main, statically against
+# versioned releases.
+if [[ "${1}" == "main" ]]; then
+    BUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${AWS_LC_INSTALL_FOLDER}/lib"
+else
+    BUILD_SHARED_LIBS="OFF"
+fi
+
 aws_lc_build ${SRC_ROOT} ${AWS_LC_BUILD_FOLDER} ${AWS_LC_INSTALL_FOLDER} \
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 \
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS} \
     -DFIPS=${FIPS}
 
 fetch_crt_python
@@ -221,6 +230,8 @@ pushd ${PYTHON_SRC_FOLDER}
 which sysctl && ( sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=0 || /bin/true )
 echo 0 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 || /bin/true
 
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${AWS_LC_INSTALL_FOLDER}/lib"
+
 # NOTE: As we add more versions to support, we may want to parallelize here
 for branch in "$@"; do
     python_patch ${branch}