diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index a5a004d16e..44e62f774d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages algebra)
   #:use-module (gnu packages audio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages backup)
   #:use-module (gnu packages base)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bash)
   #:use-module (gnu packages bison)
@@ -9530,7 +9531,7 @@ computation is supported via MPI.")
 (define-public scilab
   (package
     (name "scilab")
-    (version "2023.1.0")
+    (version "2024.0.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -9540,10 +9541,9 @@ computation is supported via MPI.")
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0hbqsnc67b4f8zc690kl79bwhjaasykjlmqbln8iymnjcn3l5ypd"))
+         "08nyfli3x7gd396ffd1a8zn9fj3gm6a8yw0ggm547c09sp2rgvl7"))
        (modules '((guix build utils)
                   (ice-9 ftw)))
-       (patches (search-patches "scilab-hdf5-1.8-api.patch"))
        (snippet
         #~(begin
             ;; Delete everything except for scilab itself:
@@ -9598,7 +9598,7 @@ computation is supported via MPI.")
                         "modules/ast/src/cpp/parse/parsescilab.cpp"))))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (native-inputs
-     (list autoconf
+     (list autoconf-2.71
            autoconf-archive
            automake
            bison
@@ -9615,8 +9615,9 @@ computation is supported via MPI.")
                   curl
                   fftw
                   gettext-minimal
-                  hdf5-1.14
+                  hdf5-1.10
                   lapack
+                  libarchive
                   libx11
                   libxml2
                   matio
@@ -9661,6 +9662,11 @@ computation is supported via MPI.")
                       "modules/scicos/src/translator/makefile.mak"
                       "modules/scicos/src/modelica_compiler/makefile.mak")
                   (("nums\\.cmx?a") ""))))
+            (add-after 'unpack 'fix-linking
+              (lambda _
+                (substitute* "modules/Makefile.am"
+                  (("libscilab_cli_la_LDFLAGS = .*\\)" all)
+                   (string-append all " -lcurl")))))
             (add-after 'unpack 'restrain-to-scilab-cli
               (lambda _
                 ;; Install only scilab-cli.desktop
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/scilab-hdf5-1.8-api.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/scilab-hdf5-1.8-api.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b453e4720..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/scilab-hdf5-1.8-api.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes the compilation with hdf5 version >= 1.10. Adapted from
-https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/hdf5_18_api.patch?h=scilab-git.
-
-diff -ur a/scilab/modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h b/scilab/modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
---- a/scilab/modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
-+++ b/scilab/modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
-@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
- #ifndef __HDF5OBJECTS_H__
- #define __HDF5OBJECTS_H__
- 
--#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
- #undef H5_USE_16_API
-+#define H5_USE_18_API
- 
--#define H5Eset_auto_vers 2
- #include <hdf5.h>
- #include <hdf5_hl.h>
- 
--#undef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
- 
- //#define __HDF5OBJECTS_DEBUG__
- //#define __HDF5ERROR_PRINT__
-diff -ur a/scilab/modules/hdf5/Makefile.am b/scilab/modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
---- a/scilab/modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
-+++ b/scilab/modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
-@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
-     -DH5Gopen_vers=2 \
-     -DH5Tget_array_dims_vers=2 \
-     -DH5Acreate_vers=2 \
--    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2 \
--    -DNO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-+    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2
- 
- 
- libscihdf5_la_CPPFLAGS = \
-diff -ur a/scilab/modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp b/scilab/modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
---- a/scilab/modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
-+++ b/scilab/modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
-@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
- *
- */
- 
-+#define H5_USE_18_API
-+
- #include <vector>
- #include "function.hxx"
- #include "string.hxx"
-diff -ur a/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c b/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
---- a/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
-+++ b/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
- *
- */
- 
--#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-+#define H5_USE_18_API
- 
- #ifndef _MSC_VER
- #include <sys/time.h>
-diff -ur a/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c b/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
---- a/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
-+++ b/scilab/modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
- *
- */
- 
--#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
-+#define H5_USE_18_API
- 
- #ifndef _MSC_VER
- #include <sys/time.h>