PyO3 · Copilot · Jul 12, 2025 · Jul 12, 2025 · Jul 12, 2025 · Jul 12, 2025
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ same-file = "1.0.6"
 time = "0.3.17"
 url = "2.5.0"
 unicode-xid = { version = "0.2.4", optional = true }
+arwen = "0.0.2"
 
 # cli
 clap = { version = "4.0.0", features = [

diff --git a/guide/src/distribution.md b/guide/src/distribution.md
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ If you are publishing to PyPI, you can use `--compatibility pypi` to allow only
 maturin can check the generated library for manylinux compliance (an auditwheel reimplementation) and gives the wheel the proper platform tag.
 
 - If your system's glibc is too new, it will assign the `linux` tag.
-- If you link other shared libraries, maturin will try to bundle them within the wheel, note that this requires [patchelf](https://github.com/NixOS/patchelf),
-  which can be installed along with maturin from PyPI: `pip install maturin[patchelf]`.
+- If you link other shared libraries, maturin will try to bundle them within the wheel.
 
 You can also manually disable those checks and directly use native linux target with `--manylinux off`.
 

diff --git a/guide/src/installation.md b/guide/src/installation.md
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ pipx install maturin
 There are some extra dependencies for certain scenarios:
 
 * `zig`: use zig as linker for easier cross compiling and manylinux compliance.
-* `patchelf`: repair wheels that links other shared libraries.
-
-For example, to install patchelf dependencies: `pipx install maturin[patchelf]`.
 
 > **Note**
 >

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 zig = ["ziglang>=0.10.0,<0.13.0"]
-patchelf = ["patchelf"]
+patchelf = []
 
 [project.urls]
 "Source Code" = "https://github.com/PyO3/maturin"

diff --git a/src/auditwheel/audit.rs b/src/auditwheel/audit.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ fn get_default_platform_policies() -> Vec<Policy> {
 /// manylinux/musllinux compliance.
 ///
 /// If `platform_tag`, is None, it returns the the highest matching manylinux/musllinux policy
-/// and whether we need to repair with patchelf,, or `linux` if nothing else matches.
+/// and whether we need to repair with arwen, or `linux` if nothing else matches.
 /// It will error for bogus cases, e.g. if libpython is linked.
 ///
 /// If a specific manylinux/musllinux version is given, compliance is checked and a warning printed if