diff --git a/srcpkgs/supercollider/patches/boost.patch b/srcpkgs/supercollider/patches/boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db5c874dc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/supercollider/patches/boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From cc873049ff9249a33567e4cbcdeffeb6806a30d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: brianlheim <self@brianlheim.com>
+Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:14:29 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] remove workarounds for old boost versions
+
+we don't need to support boost pre-1.70 anymore, and tcp::socket::executor_type was always the right typealias to use
+---
+ server/supernova/sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp | 10 +---------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/server/supernova/sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp b/server/supernova/sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp
+index f17e99a5573..676c94dbf15 100644
+--- a/server/supernova/sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp
++++ b/server/supernova/sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp
+@@ -234,11 +234,7 @@ class sc_osc_handler : private detail::network_thread, public sc_notify_observer
+     class tcp_connection : public nova_endpoint {
+     public:
+         using pointer = std::shared_ptr<tcp_connection>;
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 107000
+-        using executor = boost::asio::executor;
+-#else
+-        using executor = boost::asio::io_context::executor_type;
+-#endif
++        using executor = tcp::socket::executor_type;
+ 
+         static pointer create(const executor& executor) { return pointer(new tcp_connection(executor)); }
+ 
+@@ -249,11 +245,7 @@ class sc_osc_handler : private detail::network_thread, public sc_notify_observer
+         bool operator==(tcp_connection const& rhs) const { return &rhs == this; }
+ 
+     private:
+-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 107000
+         tcp_connection(const executor& executor): socket_(executor) {}
+-#else
+-        tcp_connection(const executor& executor): socket_(executor.context()) {}
+-#endif
+ 
+         void send(const char* data, size_t length) override final;
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/supercollider/template b/srcpkgs/supercollider/template
index 35f6d9dfb7c..b0b8278470e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/supercollider/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/supercollider/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'supercollider'
 pkgname=supercollider
 version=3.11.1
-revision=3
+revision=4
 wrksrc="SuperCollider-${version}-Source"
 build_style=cmake
 make_cmd=make