diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9b5218b9..f2a5bc61 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 5
 * **Build System**
 
   - Upgraded build engine to the SCons 4.1 (`release notes <https://scons.org/scons-410-is-available.html>`_)
+  - Refactored a workaround for a maximum command line character limitation (`issue #3792 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3792>`_)
   - Fixed an issue with Python 3.8+ on Windows when a network drive is used (`issue #3417 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3417>`_)
 
 * **Package Management System**
diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index cebcd1ed..fa2c7125 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ __core_packages__ = {
     "contrib-piohome": "~3.3.3",
     "contrib-pysite": "~2.%d%d.0" % (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor),
     "tool-unity": "~1.20500.0",
-    "tool-scons": "~2.20501.7" if sys.version_info.major == 2 else "~4.40100.0",
+    "tool-scons": "~2.20501.7" if sys.version_info.major == 2 else "~4.40100.2",
     "tool-cppcheck": "~1.230.0",
     "tool-clangtidy": "~1.100000.0",
     "tool-pvs-studio": "~7.11.0",
diff --git a/platformio/builder/main.py b/platformio/builder/main.py
index b1e8ffbd..6a060dd1 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/main.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/main.py
@@ -81,12 +81,19 @@ DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS = dict(
     IDE_EXTRA_DATA={},
 )
 
+# Declare command verbose messages
+command_strings = dict(
+    ARCOM="Archiving",
+    LINKCOM="Linking",
+    RANLIBCOM="Indexing",
+    ASCOM="Compiling",
+    ASPPCOM="Compiling",
+    CCCOM="Compiling",
+    CXXCOM="Compiling",
+)
 if not int(ARGUMENTS.get("PIOVERBOSE", 0)):
-    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS["ARCOMSTR"] = "Archiving $TARGET"
-    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS["LINKCOMSTR"] = "Linking $TARGET"
-    DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS["RANLIBCOMSTR"] = "Indexing $TARGET"
-    for k in ("ASCOMSTR", "ASPPCOMSTR", "CCCOMSTR", "CXXCOMSTR"):
-        DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS[k] = "Compiling $TARGET"
+    for name, value in command_strings.items():
+        DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS["%sSTR" % name] = "%s $TARGET" % (value)
 
 env = DefaultEnvironment(**DEFAULT_ENV_OPTIONS)
 
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/piomaxlen.py b/platformio/builder/tools/piomaxlen.py
index 04f1304f..d386bd14 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/piomaxlen.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/piomaxlen.py
@@ -14,15 +14,30 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from hashlib import md5
-from os import makedirs
-from os.path import isdir, isfile, join
+import hashlib
+import os
+import re
+
+from SCons.Platform import TempFileMunge  # pylint: disable=import-error
+from SCons.Subst import quote_spaces  # pylint: disable=import-error
 
 from platformio.compat import WINDOWS, hashlib_encode_data
 
-# Windows CLI has limit with command length to 8192
-# Leave 2000 chars for flags and other options
-MAX_LINE_LENGTH = 6000 if WINDOWS else 128072
+# There are the next limits depending on a platform:
+# - Windows = 8192
+# - Unix    = 131072
+# We need ~256 characters for a temporary file path
+MAX_LINE_LENGTH = (8192 if WINDOWS else 131072) - 256
+
+WINPATHSEP_RE = re.compile(r"\\([^\"'\\]|$)")
+
+
+def tempfile_arg_esc_func(arg):
+    arg = quote_spaces(arg)
+    if not WINDOWS:
+        return arg
+    # GCC requires double Windows slashes, let's use UNIX separator
+    return WINPATHSEP_RE.sub(r"/\1", arg)
 
 
 def long_sources_hook(env, sources):
@@ -41,30 +56,14 @@ def long_sources_hook(env, sources):
     return '@"%s"' % _file_long_data(env, " ".join(data))
 
 
-def long_incflags_hook(env, incflags):
-    _incflags = env.subst(incflags).replace("\\", "/")
-    if len(_incflags) < MAX_LINE_LENGTH:
-        return incflags
-
-    # fix space in paths
-    data = []
-    for line in _incflags.split(" -I"):
-        line = line.strip()
-        if not line.startswith("-I"):
-            line = "-I" + line
-        data.append('-I"%s"' % line[2:])
-
-    return '@"%s"' % _file_long_data(env, " ".join(data))
-
-
 def _file_long_data(env, data):
     build_dir = env.subst("$BUILD_DIR")
-    if not isdir(build_dir):
-        makedirs(build_dir)
-    tmp_file = join(
-        build_dir, "longcmd-%s" % md5(hashlib_encode_data(data)).hexdigest()
+    if not os.path.isdir(build_dir):
+        os.makedirs(build_dir)
+    tmp_file = os.path.join(
+        build_dir, "longcmd-%s" % hashlib.md5(hashlib_encode_data(data)).hexdigest()
     )
-    if isfile(tmp_file):
+    if os.path.isfile(tmp_file):
         return tmp_file
     with open(tmp_file, "w") as fp:
         fp.write(data)
@@ -76,17 +75,21 @@ def exists(_):
 
 
 def generate(env):
-    env.Replace(_long_sources_hook=long_sources_hook)
-    env.Replace(_long_incflags_hook=long_incflags_hook)
-    coms = {}
-    for key in ("ARCOM", "LINKCOM"):
-        coms[key] = env.get(key, "").replace(
-            "$SOURCES", "${_long_sources_hook(__env__, SOURCES)}"
-        )
-    for key in ("_CCCOMCOM", "ASPPCOM"):
-        coms[key] = env.get(key, "").replace(
-            "$_CPPINCFLAGS", "${_long_incflags_hook(__env__, _CPPINCFLAGS)}"
-        )
-    env.Replace(**coms)
+    kwargs = dict(
+        _long_sources_hook=long_sources_hook,
+        TEMPFILE=TempFileMunge,
+        MAXLINELENGTH=MAX_LINE_LENGTH,
+        TEMPFILEARGESCFUNC=tempfile_arg_esc_func,
+        TEMPFILESUFFIX=".tmp",
+        TEMPFILEDIR="$BUILD_DIR",
+    )
+
+    for name in ("LINKCOM", "ASCOM", "ASPPCOM", "CCCOM", "CXXCOM"):
+        kwargs[name] = "${TEMPFILE('%s','$%sSTR')}" % (env.get(name), name)
+
+    kwargs["ARCOM"] = env.get("ARCOM", "").replace(
+        "$SOURCES", "${_long_sources_hook(__env__, SOURCES)}"
+    )
+    env.Replace(**kwargs)
 
     return env