diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 085f8a8..1063e25 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 10
+%global have_scl_utils 1
+%else
+%global have_scl_utils 0
+%endif
 
-%{?scl_package:%global scl gcc-toolset-15}
-%global scl_prefix gcc-toolset-15-
+%global gts_ver 15
+%{?scl_package:%global scl gcc-toolset-%{gts_ver}}
+%global scl_prefix gcc-toolset-%{gts_ver}-
+%if %have_scl_utils
 BuildRequires: scl-utils-build
+%else
+BuildRequires: gcc-toolset-%{gts_ver}-devel
+%endif
 
 %global __python /usr/bin/python3
 %{?scl:%scl_package binutils}
@@ -14,7 +24,7 @@ Name: %{?scl_prefix}binutils
 # The variable %%{source} (see below) should be set to indicate which of these
 # origins is being used.
 Version: 2.44
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-exception-2.2) AND (LGPL-2.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 
@@ -373,7 +383,9 @@ BuildRequires: clang compiler-rt
 %define gcc_package %{?scl_prefix}gcc
 %define gxx_package %{?scl_prefix}gcc-c++
 
+%if 0%{rhel} < 9
 BuildRequires: %{?scl_prefix}annobin-plugin-gcc
+%endif
 
 %define gcc_for_binutils %{_scl_root}/usr/bin/gcc
 %define gxx_for_binutils %{_scl_root}/usr/bin/g++
@@ -458,7 +470,9 @@ BuildRequires: xxhash-devel
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+%if %have_scl_utils
 %{?scl:Requires:%scl_runtime}
+%endif
 %define alternatives_cmd     %{!?scl:%{_sbindir}}%{?scl:%{_root_sbindir}}/alternatives
 %define alternatives_cmdline %{alternatives_cmd}%{?scl: --altdir %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives --admindir %{_scl_root}/var/lib/alternatives}
 
@@ -658,6 +672,10 @@ use by developers.  It is NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION use.
 # NB/ Do not add {?scl_prefix} to the -n option below.  The binutils sources
 # uppack into a directory called binutils-VERSION not gcc-toolset-15-binutils-VERSION.
 
+%if 0%{?rhel} < 9
+%setup -q -n binutils-with-gold-%{version}
+%autopatch -p1
+%else
 %if "%{source}" == "snapshot"
 %autosetup -p1 -n binutils-%{version}-%{commit_id}
 %elif "%{source}" == "official-release"
@@ -665,6 +683,7 @@ use by developers.  It is NOT INTENDED FOR PRODUCTION use.
 %else
 %autosetup -p1 -n binutils-%{version}
 %endif
+%endif
 
 # On ppc64 and aarch64, we might use 64KiB pages
 sed -i -e '/#define.*ELF_COMMONPAGESIZE/s/0x1000$/0x10000/' bfd/elf*ppc.c
@@ -1298,6 +1317,10 @@ done
 # Stop check-rpaths from complaining about standard runpaths.
 export QA_RPATHS=0x0003
 
+%if %have_scl_utils == 0
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_scl_root}/etc/alternatives %{buildroot}%{_scl_root}/var/lib/alternatives
+%endif
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 %post
@@ -1460,6 +1483,11 @@ exit 0
 
 %endif
 
+%if %have_scl_utils == 0
+%dir %{_scl_root}/etc/alternatives
+%dir %{_scl_root}/var/lib/alternatives
+%endif
+
 #------------------------------------
 
 %files devel
@@ -1540,6 +1568,9 @@ exit 0
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %changelog
+* Mon May 12 2025 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com> - 2.44-3
+- Avoid using SCL for c10s.
+
 * Wed May 07 2025 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@redhat.com> - 2.44-2
 - Use system alternatives even for bootstrap.