diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openvino/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openvino/package.nix
index 5b97a543359d..7cbea42f8597 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openvino/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openvino/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   cudaSupport ? opencv.cudaSupport or false,
 
   # build
-  scons,
   addDriverRunpath,
   autoPatchelfHook,
   cmake,
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ let
     getLib
     ;
 
-  # prevent scons from leaking in the default python version
-  scons' = scons.override { inherit python3Packages; };
-
   python = python3Packages.python.withPackages (
     ps: with ps; [
       cython
@@ -83,7 +79,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     patchelf
     pkg-config
     python
-    scons'
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
     cudaPackages.cuda_nvcc
@@ -98,21 +93,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./gcc-16-fix.patch
   ];
 
-  # Fix arm computelib ar/ranlib toolchain paths for LTO awareness
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/plugins/intel_cpu/thirdparty/ComputeLibrary/SConstruct \
-      --replace-fail \
-        "env['AR'] = toolchain_prefix + \"ar\"" \
-        "env['AR'] = \"${lib.getExe' stdenv.cc.cc "gcc-ar"}\"" \
-      --replace-fail \
-        "env['RANLIB'] = toolchain_prefix + \"ranlib\"" \
-        "env['RANLIB'] = \"${lib.getExe' stdenv.cc.cc "gcc-ranlib"}\""
-  '';
-
-  dontUseSconsCheck = true;
-  dontUseSconsBuild = true;
-  dontUseSconsInstall = true;
-
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-Wno-dev"
     "-DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH:PATH=${placeholder "out"}/lib/cmake"
@@ -159,6 +139,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (cmakeBool "ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML" true)
     (cmakeBool "ENABLE_SYSTEM_SNAPPY" true)
     (cmakeBool "ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB" true)
+    (cmakeBool "ENABLE_ARM_COMPUTE_CMAKE" true)
   ];
 
   # src/graph/src/plugins/intel_gpu/src/graph/include/reorder_inst.h:24:8: error: type 'struct typed_program_node' violates the C++ One Definition Rule [-Werror=odr]
@@ -193,6 +174,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail "exec_prefix=\''${prefix}/" "exec_prefix="
   '';
 
+  disallowedRequisites = [
+    stdenv.cc.cc
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     description = "Open-source toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inference";