diff --git a/scons/PKGBUILD b/scons/PKGBUILD
index 9307306275..426edf6b22 100644
--- a/scons/PKGBUILD
+++ b/scons/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,24 +5,50 @@
 # Contributor: Lukas Sabota <punkrockguy318@comcast.net>
 # Contributor: Brice Carpentier <brice@dlfp.org>
 
+_name=SCons
 pkgname=scons
-pkgver=4.4.0
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=4.5.2
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Extensible Python-based build utility"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://scons.org"
 license=(MIT)
-depends=(python)
-makedepends=(fop ninja python-build python-installer python-lxml python-setuptools
-python-sphinx python-sphinx_rtd_theme python-wheel rst2pdf)
-checkdepends=(python-psutil python-pytest)
-source=(https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/archive/$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
-sha512sums=('01fcd40bf818ca22a278973af1cda3024efb74cf877f15d46607fda860448fbd577fc96ba33fef2bed3d145e662a0371f55e8c927e7ac44feea7f3081791ce11')
-b2sums=('f6ce757f2edc40551b05285098626bb62def6abda2380d4885ee4443868e715e53aaa34f26c09dc689bb6ade26d1b0e276046fe3b1d2ddf8eb40400bca9ea164')
+depends=(
+  python
+)
+makedepends=(
+  python-build
+  python-installer
+  python-setuptools
+  python-wheel
+)
+checkdepends=(
+  python-psutil
+  python-pytest
+)
+optdepends=(
+  'python-psutil: to wait for processes to exit'
+)
+source=(
+  https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/archive/$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
+  https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/scons/scons/$pkgver/$_name-$pkgver.tar.gz
+  $pkgname-4.4.0-dont_install_manpages.patch
+)
+sha512sums=('aa788d9365a8b5119fef404869562f61cb854be7ceadb5f5d47523e262c07f93ea7476166b577edec25339a64dc6a1f4a6f391fa5aeeab3f086a6659fc72e1ce'
+            'a9675f4b4dbedf8c7375d4d099216cd935c38944d57b0a08de2b9c133bb53184de0d5803edf5cb9f800f205b1252ceca3aaf33a10bf5d8b48eacd58866cf776c'
+            '97fb0e54274753b8c94a184a8b811371d314a371abb933b0380b2f990962c341d4d896050501c6889f0568b6d45867dc854ce16d23e9a8540cf4957df7af15a1')
+b2sums=('c0f42994a178bb0fb329cfa05328bdae89b374a33a7806276e7529a81b37a4ea9f52d07fb2afc55adbe3c1e00661ea3c3d53e981be4a8a095079fc35403328f1'
+        'c27d00e4bc319e3b8d5d35d50d5f03df15e2b72256e26000299ac95c5bdaffbe850942df9e3c23a6b0dbf55ea000f768a7938cfedc451cc7bd3e2a521292d49e'
+        'b7b611138f0c672d29f9f56a46802289fed7daac25b12822e60c3d8e076aae3b1b88f144e7b9b1fea3a5092ca80f75ed02480250de65e664e18ec9b8ab5f120e')
+
+prepare() {
+  # don't try to install the (non-existent) man pages
+  # we'll use them from prebuilt sources, because building them drags in a lot of dependencies, is very brittle and painful
+  patch -Np1 -d $pkgname-$pkgver -i ../$pkgname-4.4.0-dont_install_manpages.patch
+}
 
 build() {
   cd $pkgname-$pkgver
-  python scripts/scons.py --include-dir= -j1
   python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
 }
 
@@ -32,11 +58,14 @@ check() {
 }
 
 package() {
+  # install man pages from prebuilt sources
+  install -vDm 644 $_name-$pkgver/*.1 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/"
+
   cd $pkgname-$pkgver
   python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" dist/*.whl
-  # remove man pages wrongly installed due to mishandling of install-data
-  rm -fv "$pkgdir/usr/"*.1
-  install -vDm 644 build/doc/man/*.1 -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/man/man1/"
   install -vDm 644 LICENSE -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/"
   install -vDm 644 {{CHANGES,RELEASE}.txt,README.rst} -t "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/"
+
+  # remove docbook dirs
+  find "$pkgdir" -name 'docbook' -type d -exec rm -frv {} +
 }
diff --git a/scons/scons-4.4.0-dont_install_manpages.patch b/scons/scons-4.4.0-dont_install_manpages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee920c420d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scons/scons-4.4.0-dont_install_manpages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git i/setup.cfg w/setup.cfg
+index 941db3419..1a118646f 100644
+--- i/setup.cfg
++++ w/setup.cfg
+@@ -67,11 +67,6 @@ console_scripts =
+ SCons.Tool.docbook = *.*
+ 
+ 
+-[options.data_files]
+-. = scons.1
+-    scons-time.1
+-    sconsign.1
+-
+ [sdist]
+     dist_dir=build/dist
+