diff --git a/devel/mercurial/files/extra-patch-setup.py b/devel/mercurial/files/extra-patch-setup.py
index ddb389b7523a..fc8a62f9e36e 100644
--- a/devel/mercurial/files/extra-patch-setup.py
+++ b/devel/mercurial/files/extra-patch-setup.py
@@ -1,36 +1,43 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2020-08-03 17:43:51 UTC
+--- setup.py.orig	2024-11-20 14:38:51 UTC
 +++ setup.py
-@@ -477,32 +477,7 @@ class hgbuildmo(build):
-     description = "build translations (.mo files)"
+@@ -527,39 +527,7 @@ class hgbuildmo(build):
+             raise DistutilsExecError("failed to build translations")
  
-     def run(self):
+     def _run(self):
+-        try:
+-            from shutil import which as find_executable
+-        except ImportError:
+-            # Deprecated in py3.12
+-            from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+-
 -        if not find_executable('msgfmt'):
 -            self.warn(
 -                "could not find msgfmt executable, no translations "
 -                "will be built"
 -            )
--            return
+-            return False
 -
 -        podir = 'i18n'
 -        if not os.path.isdir(podir):
 -            self.warn("could not find %s/ directory" % podir)
--            return
+-            return False
 -
 -        join = os.path.join
 -        for po in os.listdir(podir):
 -            if not po.endswith('.po'):
 -                continue
 -            pofile = join(podir, po)
 -            modir = join('locale', po[:-3], 'LC_MESSAGES')
 -            mofile = join(modir, 'hg.mo')
 -            mobuildfile = join('mercurial', mofile)
 -            cmd = ['msgfmt', '-v', '-o', mobuildfile, pofile]
 -            if sys.platform != 'sunos5':
 -                # msgfmt on Solaris does not know about -c
 -                cmd.append('-c')
 -            self.mkpath(join('mercurial', modir))
 -            self.make_file([pofile], mobuildfile, spawn, (cmd,))
+-        return True
 +        pass
  
  
  class hgdist(Distribution):