diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scs/default.nix
index 128e9276608..24b7d36343a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scs/default.nix
@@ -5,26 +5,22 @@
 , lapack
 , numpy
 , scipy
-, scs
   # check inputs
-, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  inherit (scs) pname version;
+  pname = "scs";
+  version = "3.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bodono";
     repo = "scs-python";
-    rev = "f02abdc0e2e0a5851464e30f6766ccdbb19d73f0"; # need to choose commit manually, untagged
-    sha256 = "174b5s7cwgrn1m55jlrszdl403zhpzc4yl9acs6kjv9slmg1mmjr";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-7OgqCo21S0FDev8xv6/8iGFXg8naVi93zd8v1f9iaWw=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    rm -r scs
-    ln -s ${scs.src} scs
-  '';
-
   buildInputs = [
     lapack
     blas
@@ -35,10 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     scipy
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ nose ];
-  checkPhase = ''
-    nosetests
-  '';
+  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "scs" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -50,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://github.com/cvxgrp/scs"; # upstream C package
     downloadPage = "https://github.com/bodono/scs-python";
-    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ drewrisinger ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a6abc29d135..bc267347583 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8426,7 +8426,7 @@ in {
 
   scikit-survival = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scikit-survival { };
 
-  scs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scs { scs = pkgs.scs; };
+  scs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/scs { };
 
   sdnotify = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sdnotify { };