diff --git a/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix b/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
index 9150541afd08..226e04aa1b73 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/globulation/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://bitbucket.org/giszmo/glob2/commits/c9dc715624318e4fea4abb24e04f0ebdd9cd8d2a/raw";
       sha256 = "0017xg5agj3dy0hx71ijdcrxb72bjqv7x6aq7c9zxzyyw0mkxj0k";
     })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/g/glob2/0.9.4.4-6/debian/patches/10_pthread_underlinkage.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-L9POADlkgQbUQEUmx4s3dxXG9tS0w2IefpRGuQNRMI0=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/g/glob2/0.9.4.4-6/debian/patches/link-boost-system.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-ne6F2ZowB+TUmg3ePuUoPNxXI0ZJC6HEol3oQQHJTy4=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/g/glob2/0.9.4.4-6/debian/patches/scons.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-Gah7SoVcd/Aljs0Nqo3YF0lZImUWtrGM4HbbQ4yrhHU=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/g/glob2/0.9.4.4-6/debian/patches/boost-1.69.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-D7agFR4uyIHxQz690Q8EHPF+rTEoiGUpgkm7r5cL5SI=";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -32,7 +48,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i -e "s@env = Environment()@env = Environment( ENV = os.environ )@" SConstruct
   '';
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ sconsPackages.scons_3_0_1 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ sconsPackages.scons_latest ];
   buildInputs = [ libGLU libGL SDL SDL_ttf SDL_image zlib SDL_net speex libvorbis libogg boost fribidi bsdiff ];
 
   postConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 104f8eef991a..b989558fbcbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34554,9 +34554,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gl117 = callPackage ../games/gl-117 { };
 
-  globulation2 = callPackage ../games/globulation {
-    boost = boost168; # breaks with >= boost169
-  };
+  globulation2 = callPackage ../games/globulation { };
 
   gltron = callPackage ../games/gltron { };