diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-cython.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-cython.inc
index 6aec6b012f..bc1953c504 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-cython.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-cython.inc
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ It's designed to bridge the gap between the nice, high-level, easy-to-use world
 and the messy, low-level world of C."
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=e23fadd6ceef8c618fc1c65191d846fa"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=61c3ee8961575861fa86c7e62bc9f69c"
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "Cython"
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "41c0cfd2d754e383c9eeb95effc9aa4ab847d0c9747077ddd7c0dcb68c3bc01f"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fb299acf3a578573c190c858d49e0cf9d75f4bc49c3f24c5a63804997ef09213"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "Cython-(?P<pver>.*)\.tar"
 
 inherit pypi
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 	for PYTHSCRIPT in `grep -rIl '^#!.*python' ${D}`; do
 		sed -i -e '1s|^#!.*|#!/usr/bin/env ${PYTHON_PN}|' $PYTHSCRIPT
 	done
+
+        # remove build paths from generated sources
+        sed -i -e 's|${WORKDIR}||' ${S}/Cython/*.c ${S}/Cython/Compiler/*.c ${S}/Cython/Plex/*.c
 }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cython_0.29.36.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cython_3.0.7.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cython_0.29.36.bb
rename to meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cython_3.0.7.bb