diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
index 57238c6d6cd..7a15c193423 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/common.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       --replace "build/dist" "dist"
   '';
 
-  # TODO: "Invalid SConscript usage - no parameters":
+  # The release tarballs don't contain any tests (runtest.py and test/*):
   doCheck = lib.versionOlder version "4.0.0";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
index 15eaf12207f..eb86d595597 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/scons/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ in {
     sha256 = "1yzq2gg9zwz9rvfn42v5jzl3g4qf1khhny6zfbi2hib55zvg60bq";
   }).override { python3Packages = python2Packages; };
   scons_latest = mkScons {
-    version = "4.0.0";
-    sha256 = "1ikw5lh0h206xd74g39jdlrcicb18jj3j80hvm4nbrfgxv1hvibc";
+    version = "4.0.1";
+    sha256 = "0z00l9wzaiqyjq0hapbvsjclvcfjjjq04kmxi7ffq966nl2d2bkj";
   };
 }