diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/package.nix
index 76fc6f64def7..197137aa33d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cmake,
   cctools,
-  libiconv,
   llvmPackages,
   ninja,
   openssl,
@@ -19,23 +18,25 @@
 }:
 let
   stdenv = if cudaSupport then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else llvmPackages.stdenv;
+  buildPythonBindingsEnv = python3Packages.python.withPackages (
+    ps: with ps; [
+      cython
+      numpy
+    ]
+  );
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "catboost";
-  version = "1.2.7";
+  version = "1.2.10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "catboost";
     repo = "catboost";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-I3geFdVQ1Pm61eRXi+ueaxel3QRb8EJV9f4zV2Q7kk4=";
+    hash = "sha256-z68vflYgO3cWeOkb417Gyco1Fqb98ulyRgI+OS+B4is=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./remove-conan.patch
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace cmake/common.cmake \
       --replace-fail  "\''${RAGEL_BIN}" "${ragel}/bin/ragel" \
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     shopt -s globstar
     for cmakelists in **/CMakeLists.*; do
-      sed -i "s/OpenSSL::OpenSSL/OpenSSL::SSL/g" $cmakelists
+      sed -i "s/openssl::openssl/OpenSSL::SSL/g" $cmakelists
     done
   '';
 
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    buildPythonBindingsEnv
     cmake
     llvmPackages.bintools
     ninja
-    (python3Packages.python.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ six ]))
     ragel
     yasm
   ]
@@ -71,9 +72,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     openssl
     zlib
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    libiconv
-  ]
   ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
     cudaPackages.cuda_cudart
     cudaPackages.cuda_cccl
@@ -101,7 +99,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.cmakeBool "CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE" true)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "CATBOOST_COMPONENTS" "app;libs${lib.optionalString pythonSupport ";python-package"}")
     (lib.cmakeBool "HAVE_CUDA" cudaSupport)
-  ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional pythonSupport (
+    lib.cmakeFeature "Python_EXECUTABLE" "${buildPythonBindingsEnv.interpreter}"
+  );
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/remove-conan.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/remove-conan.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e3ab6f436f9..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/catboost/remove-conan.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 24ffd1225a..700adcc246 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ include(cmake/global_flags.cmake)
- include(cmake/global_vars.cmake)
- include(cmake/archive.cmake)
- include(cmake/common.cmake)
--include(cmake/conan1_deprecated.cmake)
- include(cmake/cuda.cmake)
- include(cmake/cython.cmake)
- include(cmake/fbs.cmake)
-@@ -48,21 +47,6 @@ include(cmake/recursive_library.cmake)
- include(cmake/shared_libs.cmake)
- include(cmake/swig.cmake)
- 
--if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
--  include(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/conan_paths.cmake)
--else()
--  conan_cmake_autodetect(settings)
--  conan_cmake_install(
--    PATH_OR_REFERENCE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
--    INSTALL_FOLDER ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
--    BUILD missing
--    REMOTE conancenter
--    SETTINGS ${settings}
--    ENV "CONAN_CMAKE_GENERATOR=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
--    CONF "tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
--  )
--endif()
--
- 
- if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64" AND NOT HAVE_CUDA)
-   include(CMakeLists.linux-x86_64.txt)
-@@ -93,4 +77,3 @@ elseif (ANDROID AND CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH STREQUAL "x86")
- elseif (ANDROID AND CMAKE_ANDROID_ARCH STREQUAL "x86_64")
-   include(CMakeLists.android-x86_64.txt)
- endif()
--
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catboost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/catboost/default.nix
index 5bb4e58d151e..4a751fbd639e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/catboost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/catboost/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   python,
 
   # build-system
+  cmake,
+  cython,
   setuptools,
 
   # dependencies
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/catboost/python-package";
 
   build-system = [
+    cmake
+    cython
     setuptools
   ];
 
@@ -41,6 +45,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     six
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "cmake (>=3.24, <4.0)" "cmake" \
+      --replace-fail "'conan (>=2.4.1, <3.0)', " "" \
+      --replace-fail "cython ~= 3.0.10" "cython"
+  '';
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
 
@@ -55,8 +68,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "catboost" ];
 
-  meta = catboost.meta // {
-    # https://github.com/catboost/catboost/issues/2671
-    broken = lib.versionAtLeast numpy.version "2";
-  };
+  meta = catboost.meta;
 }