diff --git a/devel/scons/Makefile b/devel/scons/Makefile
index 62dc6939896a..963931558ffc 100644
--- a/devel/scons/Makefile
+++ b/devel/scons/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Peter Haight <peterh@sapros.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	scons
-PORTVERSION=	3.1.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
@@ -10,8 +9,10 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Build tool alternative to make
 
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/SCons-${PORTVERSION}
+
 LICENSE=	MIT
-LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
+LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		python:3.6+ shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
@@ -20,14 +21,8 @@ NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 PLIST_SUB=	SCONS_VER=${PORTVERSION}
 
-SHEBANG_FILES=	script/scons*
-
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|distutils\(\.command\.install\)$$|setuptools\1|; s|distutils\(\.command\.install\.\)|setuptools\1|' ${WRKSRC}/setup.py
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name '*.orig' -delete
 
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
-
-PYDISTUTILS_INSTALLARGS+=	--standard-lib
-
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/scons/distinfo b/devel/scons/distinfo
index 6c723b9732a9..cbde7c3ac95a 100644
--- a/devel/scons/distinfo
+++ b/devel/scons/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1585059178
-SHA256 (scons-3.1.2.tar.gz) = 7801f3f62f654528e272df780be10c0e9337e897650b62ddcee9f39fde13f8fb
-SIZE (scons-3.1.2.tar.gz) = 668298
+TIMESTAMP = 1622214263
+SHA256 (scons-4.0.1.tar.gz) = 722ed104b5c624ecdc89bd4e02b094d2b14d99d47b5d0501961e47f579a2007c
+SIZE (scons-4.0.1.tar.gz) = 2874481