diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix
index 8a672948634a..f8e5f4abcc13 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sed -i -e '4d' SConstruct
     sed -i 's@Options@Variables@g' SConstruct
     sed -i "s@-fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse@-I ${boost.dev}/include@g" SConstruct
+    sed -i "s@env.has_key('cxx')@'cxx' in env@g" SConstruct
     sed -i "s@ladspa.h@${ladspaH}/include/ladspa.h@g" filters.cpp
     sed -i "s@LADSPA_HINT_SAMPLE_RATE, 0, 0.5@LADSPA_HINT_SAMPLE_RATE, 0.0001, 0.5@g" filters.cpp
     sed -i "s/= check/= detail::filter_base<internal_type, checked>::check/" nova/source/dsp/filter.hpp
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
index da276be7287c..5b0aff8072c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   inherit version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url =
+      if lib.versionAtLeast version "4.3.0" then
+        "mirror://sourceforge/project/scons/scons/${version}/SCons-${version}.tar.gz"
+      else
+        "mirror://sourceforge/scons/scons-${version}.tar.gz";
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
+  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "4.3.0") [
+    ./env.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast version "4.0.0") ''
     substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
       --replace "build/dist" "dist"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
index b0d6085250d2..f338d346a701 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ in {
     version = "3.1.2";
     sha256 = "1yzq2gg9zwz9rvfn42v5jzl3g4qf1khhny6zfbi2hib55zvg60bq";
   });
-  scons_latest = mkScons {
+  scons_4_1_0 = mkScons {
     version = "4.1.0";
     sha256 = "11axk03142ziax6i3wwy9qpqp7r3i7h5jg9y2xzph9i15rv8vlkj";
   };
+  scons_latest = mkScons {
+    version = "4.5.2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ziaqyV01CnmkGSGWsL6sPLJPTMq84BI+so0zcPV28HI=";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/env.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/env.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95615016aed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/env.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+diff --git a/SCons/Platform/posix.py b/SCons/Platform/posix.py
+index 4c9f8f9ba..d68da1b08 100644
+--- a/SCons/Platform/posix.py
++++ b/SCons/Platform/posix.py
+@@ -30,0 +31 @@ selection method.
++import os
+@@ -87 +88 @@ def generate(env):
+-    env['ENV']['PATH']    = '/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/snap/bin'
++    env['ENV']['PATH']    = os.environ["PATH"]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ddcc61562a08..321f78de949f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18794,7 +18794,7 @@ with pkgs;
   semantik = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/semantik { };
 
   sconsPackages = dontRecurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/scons { });
-  scons = sconsPackages.scons_latest;
+  scons = sconsPackages.scons_4_1_0;
 
   mill = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/mill { };