diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/no-man-pages.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/no-man-pages.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dd459b8261e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/no-man-pages.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- a/setup.cfg
-+++ b/setup.cfg
-@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ console_scripts =
- SCons.Tool.docbook = *.*
- 
- 
--[options.data_files]
--. = scons.1
--    scons-time.1
--    sconsign.1
--
- [sdist]
-     dist_dir=build/dist
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/package.nix
index 3f5c39877a11..c5447d946740 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scons/package.nix
@@ -6,26 +6,18 @@
 }:
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "scons";
-  version = "4.7.0";
+  version = "4.10.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Scons";
     repo = "scons";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-7VzGuz9CAUF6MRCEpj5z1FkZD19/Ic+YBukYQocvkr0=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-ZmJETrznHH3zsNBO5o8JCvf+6l7NICOAfIqASYzYBaM=";
   };
 
   pyproject = true;
 
-  patches = [
-    ./env.patch
-    ./no-man-pages.patch
-    # Fix builds on sandboxed Darwin: https://github.com/SCons/scons/pull/4603
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/SCons/scons/commit/2d5e3a40a613225b329776ab9dbd9abcd2d24222.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-N1xQOvsPTi7a2maEZJQVu6vJ9AoWMqDOsScXHp9KuXI=";
-    })
-  ];
+  patches = [ ./env.patch ];
 
   build-system = [
     python3Packages.setuptools