diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sy/symengine/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sy/symengine/package.nix
index 5c71dfc1d5cb..5b55cbe4a867 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sy/symengine/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sy/symengine/package.nix
@@ -2,25 +2,43 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
   cmake,
   gmp,
   flint,
   mpfr,
   libmpc,
-  withShared ? true,
+  withShared ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "symengine";
   version = "0.14.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "symengine";
     repo = "symengine";
-    rev = "v${version}";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-WriVcYt3fkObR2U4J6a4KGGc2HgyyFyFpdrwxBD+AHA=";
   };
 
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "dev"
+  ];
+
+  # upgrade supported cmake version in SymEngineConfig.cmake
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine/commit/c149b874b8ff947e51e8e58670a0d37daf588f86.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-LqkJRPdsbE8OE8G6AkpWX9B+GqnOQjUNPHpKKIcCL3Q=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      url = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine/commit/186f72e208220efd12362c336a49378076f63f30.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-CuQra9K3MTxm8M0bt3LooJz9HgW0/Jy6ydRBCvEgkO4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -31,28 +49,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DWITH_FLINT=ON"
-    "-DINTEGER_CLASS=flint"
-    "-DWITH_SYMENGINE_THREAD_SAFE=yes"
-    "-DWITH_MPC=yes"
-    "-DBUILD_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=yes"
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
-    # error: unrecognized instruction mnemonic, did you mean: bit, cnt, hint, ins, not?
-    "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF"
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withShared [
-    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_FLINT" true)
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "INTEGER_CLASS" "flint")
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_SYMENGINE_THREAD_SAFE" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "WITH_MPC" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_FOR_DISTRIBUTION" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTS" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" withShared)
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Fast symbolic manipulation library";
     homepage = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine";
-    platforms = platforms.unix ++ platforms.windows;
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+    platforms = with lib.platforms; unix ++ windows;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ costrouc ];
   };
-
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
index 9b5a0b4fd9ec..0033cc62d303 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symengine/default.nix
@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   cython,
+  setuptools,
   cmake,
   symengine,
   pytest,
   sympy,
   python,
-  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "symengine";
   version = "0.14.1";
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
@@ -25,19 +23,24 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-adzODm7gAqwAf7qzfRQ1AG8mC3auiXM4OsV/0h+ZmUg=";
   };
 
-  env = {
-    SymEngine_DIR = "${symengine}";
-  };
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace-fail "'cython>=0.29.24'" "'cython'"
   '';
 
+  build-system = [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
-    cython
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    symengine
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -47,15 +50,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
+
     mkdir empty && cd empty
     ${python.interpreter} ../bin/test_python.py
+
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Python library providing wrappers to SymEngine";
     homepage = "https://github.com/symengine/symengine.py";
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }