diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
index 9b695100150..011a8f24ece 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/scdoc/default.nix
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "scdoc";
-  version = "1.9.7";
+  version = "1.10.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/scdoc/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0y9p03dzdaszx02jbkdf3vcs52fqml591cmic5jdch5yznrg03ky";
+    sha256 = "0lk8wpz95ld1fnpnc3xkhvnd58px1vbhvlpkr8labi2ck65y10il";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile \
       --replace "-static" "" \
       --replace "/usr/local" "$out"
-    # It happens from time to time that the version wasn't updated:
-    sed -iE 's/VERSION=[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]/VERSION=${version}/' Makefile
   '';
 
   doCheck = true;