diff --git a/devel/scons/Makefile b/devel/scons/Makefile
index 7070c057bb27..728cca489866 100644
--- a/devel/scons/Makefile
+++ b/devel/scons/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	scons
-PORTVERSION=	4.5.2
+PORTVERSION=	4.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMESUFFIX}
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ WWW=		https://scons.org/ \
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
+#BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}build>=0:devel/py-build@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
diff --git a/devel/scons/distinfo b/devel/scons/distinfo
index 9d8fc257d266..24aaf601c735 100644
--- a/devel/scons/distinfo
+++ b/devel/scons/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1660576591
-SHA256 (SCons-4.5.2.tar.gz) = 813360b2bce476bc9cc12a0f3a22d46ce520796b352557202cb07d3e402f5458
-SIZE (SCons-4.5.2.tar.gz) = 3194717
+TIMESTAMP = 1700759718
+SHA256 (SCons-4.6.0.tar.gz) = 7db28958b188b800f803c287d0680cc3ac7c422ed0b1cf9895042c52567803ec
+SIZE (SCons-4.6.0.tar.gz) = 3230138
diff --git a/devel/scons/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/scons/files/patch-setup.cfg
index 6322ead05327..e1484cb2e186 100644
--- a/devel/scons/files/patch-setup.cfg
+++ b/devel/scons/files/patch-setup.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---- setup.cfg.orig	2023-03-21 16:18:43 UTC
+--- setup.cfg.orig	2023-11-20 01:22:42 UTC
 +++ setup.cfg
 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
  [metadata]
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@
  license = MIT
  author = William Deegan
  author_email = bill@baddogconsulting.com
-@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ console_scripts = 
+@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ python_requires = >=3.6
+ install_requires = setuptools
+ setup_requires = 
+ 	setuptools
+-	build
+ include_package_data = True
+ packages = find:
+ 
+@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ console_scripts = 
  SCons.Tool.docbook = *.*
  
  [options.data_files]