diff -Nru python3.8-3.8.6/debian/changelog python3.8-3.8.6/debian/changelog
--- python3.8-3.8.6/debian/changelog	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
+++ python3.8-3.8.6/debian/changelog	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-python3.8 (3.8.6-1~18.04.1) bionic-proposed; urgency=medium
+python3.8 (3.8.6-1~18.04.2) bionic-proposed; urgency=medium
 
   * SRU: LP: #1866859. Backport Python 3.8.6 to 20.04 LTS.
 
diff -Nru python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control
--- python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
+++ python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   mime-support, netbase, bzip2, time, python3:any, python3.8:any <cross>,
   net-tools, xvfb <!nocheck>, xauth <!nocheck>,
   systemtap-sdt-dev
-Build-Depends-Indep: python3-sphinx, python3-docs-theme, texinfo
+Build-Depends-Indep: texinfo
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3/tree/python3.8
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3.git -b python3.8
diff -Nru python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control.in python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control.in
--- python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control.in	2020-08-02 15:08:32.000000000 +0000
+++ python3.8-3.8.6/debian/control.in	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   mime-support, netbase, bzip2, time, python3@bd_qual@, @PVER@@bd_qual@ <cross>,
   net-tools, xvfb <!nocheck>, xauth <!nocheck>,
   systemtap-sdt-dev
-Build-Depends-Indep: python3-sphinx, python3-docs-theme, texinfo
+Build-Depends-Indep: texinfo
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3/tree/python3.8
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/cpython-team/python3.git -b python3.8
diff -Nru python3.8-3.8.6/debian/rules python3.8-3.8.6/debian/rules
--- python3.8-3.8.6/debian/rules	2020-08-02 15:07:59.000000000 +0000
+++ python3.8-3.8.6/debian/rules	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 d_ltst	:= debian/$(p_ltst)
 
 build-arch: stamps/stamp-build
-build-indep: stamps/stamp-build-doc
+build-indep: # stamps/stamp-build-doc
 build: build-arch
 stamps/stamp-build: stamps/stamp-build-static stamps/stamp-mincheck \
     stamps/stamp-build-shared stamps/stamp-build-debug \
@@ -1330,11 +1330,14 @@
 
 	touch stamps/stamp-install
 
+dh_args = -N$(p_doc)
+
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build-indep install stamps/stamp-control
 	dh_testdir -i
 	dh_testroot -i
 
+ifeq (0,1)
 	: # $(p_doc) package
 	dh_installdirs -p$(p_doc) \
 		usr/share/doc/$(p_base) \
@@ -1359,6 +1362,7 @@
 	gzip -9nv $(d_doc)/usr/share/doc/$(p_base)/html/$(PVER).devhelp
 	dh_link -p$(p_doc) \
 		/usr/share/doc/$(p_base)/html /usr/share/devhelp/books/$(PVER)
+endif
 
 	for i in $(p_ltst); do \
 	  rm -rf debian/$$i/usr/share/doc/$$i; \
diff -Nru python3.8-3.8.6/debian/testdir python3.8-3.8.6/debian/testdir
--- python3.8-3.8.6/debian/testdir	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ python3.8-3.8.6/debian/testdir	2020-10-09 11:59:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/tmp/tmp.ExchTb2VOg