diff --git a/blender-2.44-scons.patch b/blender-2.44-scons.patch
index 5afb80f..87183ce 100644
--- a/blender-2.44-scons.patch
+++ b/blender-2.44-scons.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
---- blender-2.44/SConstruct.orig	2007-05-07 18:09:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ blender-2.44/SConstruct	2007-05-20 22:52:13.000000000 +0200
-@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@
+diff -up blender-2.45/SConstruct.scons blender-2.45/SConstruct
+--- blender-2.45/SConstruct.scons	2008-12-27 10:09:33.000000000 +0100
++++ blender-2.45/SConstruct	2008-12-27 10:09:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ else:
+ opts = btools.read_opts(optfiles, B.arguments)
+ opts.Update(env)
  
-         def CheckFreeAlut(context,env):
-             context.Message( B.bc.OKGREEN + "Linux platform detected:\n  checking for FreeAlut... " + B.bc.ENDC )
--            env['LIBS'] = 'alut'
-+            env['LIBS'] = ['alut', 'openal']
-             result = context.TryLink(mylib_test_source_file, '.c')
-             context.Result(result)
-             return result
++env['CCFLAGS'] = env['CCFLAGS'].split()
++
+ # disable elbeem (fluidsim) compilation?
+ if env['BF_NO_ELBEEM'] == 1:
+     env['CPPFLAGS'].append('-DDISABLE_ELBEEM')
+diff -up blender-2.45/tools/btools.py.scons blender-2.45/tools/btools.py
+--- blender-2.45/tools/btools.py.scons	2007-09-18 07:00:48.000000000 +0200
++++ blender-2.45/tools/btools.py	2008-12-27 10:08:37.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+ import os
+ import os.path
+ import SCons.Options
+-import SCons.Options.BoolOption
++try:
++    import SCons.Options.BoolOption
++except ImportError:
++    pass
+ try:
+     import subprocess
+ except ImportError:
diff --git a/blender.spec b/blender.spec
index d7df5d6..060c6ed 100644
--- a/blender.spec
+++ b/blender.spec
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sed -e 's|@LIB@|%{_libdir}|g' -e "s/@PYVER@/$PYVER/g" \
 	 <%{SOURCE7} >user-config.py
 
 %build
-scons %{?_smp_mflags} blenderplayer BF_QUIET=0 {CFLAGS,CXXFLAGS}='%{optflags}'
+scons %{?_smp_mflags} blenderplayer BF_QUIET=0 CCFLAGS='%{optflags}'
 
 install -d release/plugins/include
 install -m 644 source/blender/blenpluginapi/*.h release/plugins/include