diff --git a/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/0001-put-fonts-in-out.patch b/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/0001-put-fonts-in-out.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 63f31d7ef9e0..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/0001-put-fonts-in-out.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-From 7e99cf4ae3f38406133a4abf962527cd02416f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Sebastian Galkin <paraseba@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:23:03 -0200
-Subject: [PATCH] put fonts in $out
-
----
- Makefile.conf | 22 ++++------------------
- configure     | 12 ------------
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.conf b/Makefile.conf
-index e7f8de9..87f3fff 100644
---- a/Makefile.conf
-+++ b/Makefile.conf
-@@ -226,19 +226,11 @@ install_scid: all_scid
- 	fi
- 	install -m 755 -d $(SHAREDIR)/bitmaps
- 	cp -r ./bitmaps/* $(SHAREDIR)/bitmaps/
--	@if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then \
--		install -m 755 -d $(FONTDIR); \
--		install -m 644 -p fonts/*.ttf $(FONTDIR); \
--	else \
--		install -m 755 -d ~/.fonts; \
--		install -m 644 -p fonts/*.ttf ~/.fonts; \
--	fi
-+	install -m 755 -d $(FONTDIR); \
-+	install -m 644 -p fonts/*.ttf $(FONTDIR); \
-+
- 	@if [ ! -z "`which fc-cache`" ]; then \
--		if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then \
-- 			fc-cache -fv $(FONTDIR); \
--		else \
--			fc-cache -fv ~/.fonts; \
--		fi; \
-+ 		fc-cache -fv $(FONTDIR); \
- 	else \
- 		echo "Don't know how to setup truetype fonts (fc-cache not available)."; \
- 		echo "Please contact your system administrator."; \
-@@ -292,12 +284,6 @@ uninstall:
- 		for f in `ls fonts/*.ttf`; do \
- 			rm -f ~/.$$f; \
- 		done; \
--		if [ ! -z "`which fc-cache`" ]; then \
--			fc-cache -fv ~/.fonts; \
--		fi; \
--		if [ "`find ~/.fonts -type d -empty`" = "`ls -d ~/.fonts`" ]; then \
--			rmdir ~/.fonts; \
--		fi; \
- 	fi
- 
- clean:
-diff --git a/configure b/configure
-index 4599c77..8b09678 100755
---- a/configure
-+++ b/configure
-@@ -473,18 +473,6 @@ proc writeMakefile {{type ""}} {
-        exit 1
-     }
- 
--    if {[isDarwin]} {
--        set var(FONTDIR) /Library/Fonts/
--    } else {
--        # Just install fonts in to /usr irrespective of system prefix. /usr/local may not be active
--        set prefix /usr
--        if {![file isdirectory $prefix/share/fonts]} {
--            set var(FONTDIR) "~/.fonts"
--        } else {
--            set var(FONTDIR) $prefix/share/fonts/truetype/Scid
--        }
--    }
--
-     set line [gets $from]
-     while {1} {
-         set line [gets $from]
--- 
-2.15.1
-
diff --git a/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/default.nix b/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/default.nix
index 63ffa4999e05..dc76a6149c9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/scid-vs-pc/default.nix
@@ -1,59 +1,28 @@
-{ lib, fetchurl, tcl, tk, libX11, zlib, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem }:
+{ lib, fetchurl, tcl, tk, libX11, zlib, makeWrapper, which, makeDesktopItem }:
 
 tcl.mkTclDerivation rec {
   pname = "scid-vs-pc";
-  version = "4.22";
+  version = "4.24";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/scidvspc/scid_vs_pc-${version}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-PSHDPrfhJI/DyEVQLo8Ckargqf/iUG5PgvUbO/4WNJM=";
+    hash = "sha256-x4Ljn1vaXrue16kUofWAH2sDNYC8h3NvzFjffRo0EhA=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure Makefile.conf \
+      --replace "~/.fonts" "$out/share/fonts/truetype/Scid" \
+      --replace "which fc-cache" "false"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper which ];
   buildInputs = [ tk libX11 zlib ];
 
-  prePatch = ''
-    sed -i -e '/^ *set headerPath *{/a ${tcl}/include ${tk}/include' \
-           -e '/^ *set libraryPath *{/a ${tcl}/lib ${tk}/lib' \
-           -e '/^ *set x11Path *{/a ${libX11}/lib/' \
-           configure
-
-    sed -i -e '/^ *set scidShareDir/s|\[file.*|"'"$out/share"'"|' \
-      tcl/config.tcl
-  '';
-
-  # configureFlags = [
-  #   "BINDIR=$(out)/bin"
-  #   "SHAREDIR=$(out)/share"
-  #   "FONTDIR=$(out)/fonts"
-  # ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''configureFlags="
-    BINDIR=$out/bin
-    SHAREDIR=$out/share
-    FONTDIR=$out/fonts"
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-put-fonts-in-out.patch
+  configureFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+    "SHAREDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share"
   ];
 
-  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
-
-  dontPatchShebangs = true;
-
-  # TODO: can this use tclWrapperArgs?
-  postFixup = ''
-    sed -i -e '1c#!'"$out"'/bin/tcscid' "$out/bin/scidpgn"
-    sed -i -e '1c#!${tk}/bin/wish' "$out/bin/sc_remote"
-    sed -i -e '1c#!'"$out"'/bin/tkscid' "$out/bin/scid"
-
-    for cmd in $out/bin/* ; do
-      wrapProgram "$cmd" \
-        --set TK_LIBRARY "${tk}/lib/${tk.libPrefix}"
-    done
-  '';
-
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/applications
     cp $desktopItem/share/applications/* $out/share/applications/
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f17922c71f5..2a0571868e99 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -37098,10 +37098,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   scid = callPackage ../games/scid { };
 
-  scid-vs-pc = callPackage ../games/scid-vs-pc {
-    tcl = tcl-8_6;
-    tk = tk-8_6;
-  };
+  scid-vs-pc = callPackage ../games/scid-vs-pc { };
 
   scummvm = callPackage ../games/scummvm {
     stdenv = if (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) then llvmPackages_14.stdenv else stdenv;