diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
index 740d04d853f7..340364025a81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 { version, sha256 }:
 
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python3Packages }:
 
-let name = "scons";
-in python2Packages.buildPythonApplication {
-  name = "${name}-${version}";
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "scons";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/scons/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
-  # Fix a regression in 3.0.0 (causes build errors for some packages)
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional (version == "3.0.0") ./print-statements.patch;
-
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a963bf78abab..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/print-statements.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py b/src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
-index 558e28f9..8fea9c4d 100644
---- src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
-+++ src/engine/SCons/Script/SConscript.py
-@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
- 
- """
- 
--from __future__ import print_function
--
- #
- # __COPYRIGHT__
- #