diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/SCAFACOS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/SCAFACOS.cmake
index 9a5580163f..2905a207b0 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/SCAFACOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/SCAFACOS.cmake
@@ -14,27 +14,16 @@ endif()
 option(DOWNLOAD_SCAFACOS "Download ScaFaCoS library instead of using an already installed one" ${DOWNLOAD_SCAFACOS_DEFAULT})
 if(DOWNLOAD_SCAFACOS)
   message(STATUS "ScaFaCoS download requested - we will build our own")
-  set(SCAFACOS_URL "https://github.com/scafacos/scafacos/releases/download/v1.0.1/scafacos-1.0.1.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for SCAFACOS tarball")
-  set(SCAFACOS_MD5 "bd46d74e3296bd8a444d731bb10c1738" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of SCAFACOS tarball")
+  set(SCAFACOS_URL "https://github.com/scafacos/scafacos/releases/download/v1.0.4/scafacos-1.0.4.tar.gz" CACHE STRING "URL for SCAFACOS tarball")
+  set(SCAFACOS_MD5 "23867540ec32e63ce71d6ecc105278d2" CACHE STRING "MD5 checksum of SCAFACOS tarball")
   mark_as_advanced(SCAFACOS_URL)
   mark_as_advanced(SCAFACOS_MD5)
   GetFallbackURL(SCAFACOS_URL SCAFACOS_FALLBACK)
 
-
-  # version 1.0.1 needs a patch to compile and linke cleanly with GCC 10 and later.
-  file(DOWNLOAD ${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/scafacos-1.0.1-fix.diff ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/scafacos-1.0.1.fix.diff
-          EXPECTED_HASH MD5=4baa1333bb28fcce102d505e1992d032)
-
-  find_program(HAVE_PATCH patch)
-  if(NOT HAVE_PATCH)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "The 'patch' program is required to build the ScaFaCoS library")
-  endif()
-
   include(ExternalProject)
   ExternalProject_Add(scafacos_build
     URL     ${SCAFACOS_URL} ${SCAFACOS_FALLBACK}
     URL_MD5 ${SCAFACOS_MD5}
-    PATCH_COMMAND patch -p1 < ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/scafacos-1.0.1.fix.diff
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> --disable-doc
                                              --enable-fcs-solvers=fmm,p2nfft,direct,ewald,p3m
                                              --with-internal-fftw --with-internal-pfft
diff --git a/lib/scafacos/Install.py b/lib/scafacos/Install.py
index 28bcf43086..de08791074 100644
--- a/lib/scafacos/Install.py
+++ b/lib/scafacos/Install.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ parser = ArgumentParser(prog='Install.py', description="LAMMPS library build wra
 
 # settings
 
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.4"
 
 # known checksums for different ScaFaCoS versions. used to validate the download.
 checksums = { \
         '1.0.1' : 'bd46d74e3296bd8a444d731bb10c1738' \
+        '1.0.4' : '23867540ec32e63ce71d6ecc105278d2' \
         }
 
 # extra help message