diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 043f8c82f8..759709129b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -2231,7 +2231,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/seq24-rename-mutex.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/libsequoia-fix-ffi-Makefile.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libsequoia-remove-store.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/serf-python3.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/shakespeare-spl-fix-grammar.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/shared-mime-info-xdgmime-path.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/sharutils-CVE-2018-1000097.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/serf-python3.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/serf-python3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 636f51ed1e..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/serf-python3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-Fix build with Python 3 scons.
-
-Patch taken from Arch Linux:
-https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/packages/serf/trunk/scons-python3.patch
-
---- serf-1.3.9/SConstruct.orig	2019-07-26 17:49:30.910189251 +0000
-+++ serf-1.3.9/SConstruct	2019-07-26 17:49:54.073821735 +0000
-@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
-               suffix='.def', src_suffix='.h')
-   })
- 
--match = re.search('SERF_MAJOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
--                  'SERF_MINOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
--                  'SERF_PATCH_VERSION ([0-9]+)',
-+match = re.search(b'SERF_MAJOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
-+                  b'SERF_MINOR_VERSION ([0-9]+).*'
-+                  b'SERF_PATCH_VERSION ([0-9]+)',
-                   env.File('serf.h').get_contents(),
-                   re.DOTALL)
- MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH = [int(x) for x in match.groups()]
-@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
- 
- unknown = opts.UnknownVariables()
- if unknown:
--  print 'Warning: Used unknown variables:', ', '.join(unknown.keys())
-+  print ('Warning: Used unknown variables:', ', '.join(unknown.keys()))
- 
- apr = str(env['APR'])
- apu = str(env['APU'])
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index ef3f4ebccd..de62b8617d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -2355,15 +2355,14 @@ (define-public quvi
 (define-public serf
   (package
     (name "serf")
-    (version "1.3.9")
+    (version "1.3.10")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
        (uri (string-append "mirror://apache/serf/serf-"
                            version ".tar.bz2"))
-       (patches (search-patches "serf-python3.patch"))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1k47gbgpp52049andr28y28nbwh9m36bbb0g8p0aka3pqlhjv72l"))))
+        (base32 "1rk4q0fv9xs57fivjy5mxqkk5g7pvvvssxvalz6nwld2p84fz0dy"))))
     (build-system scons-build-system)
     (propagated-inputs
      (list apr apr-util openssl-1.1))
@@ -2372,7 +2371,8 @@ (define-public serf
            ;;("gss" ,gss)
            zlib))
     (arguments
-     `(#:scons-flags (list (string-append "APR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "apr"))
+     `(#:scons-flags (list "CFLAGS=-g -O2 -Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types"
+                           (string-append "APR=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "apr"))
                            (string-append "APU=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "apr-util"))
                            (string-append "OPENSSL=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "openssl"))
                            ;; (string-append "GSSAPI=" (assoc-ref %build-inputs "gss"))