diff --git a/pytensor/scalar/basic.py b/pytensor/scalar/basic.py
index af0b0b7173..243db2a652 100644
--- a/pytensor/scalar/basic.py
+++ b/pytensor/scalar/basic.py
@@ -484,20 +484,32 @@ def c_extract(self, name, sub, check_input=True, **kwargs):
     def c_sync(self, name, sub):
         specs = self.dtype_specs()
         fail = sub["fail"]
-        dtype = specs[1]
-        cls = specs[2]
+        (np_dtype, _c_dtype, _cls_name) = specs
+        np_dtype_num = np.dtype(np_dtype).num
+
         return f"""
         Py_XDECREF(py_{name});
-        py_{name} = PyArrayScalar_New({cls});
+
+        PyArray_Descr* {name}_descr = PyArray_DescrFromType({np_dtype_num});  // {np_dtype}
+        if (!{name}_descr) {{
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Could not get descriptor for {np_dtype_num}={np_dtype}");
+            {fail}
+        }}
+
+        // PyArray_Scalar creates a new scalar object by copying data from the pointer &{name}
+        py_{name} = PyArray_Scalar(&{name}, {name}_descr, NULL);
+
+        // Clean up the descriptor reference (PyArray_DescrFromType returns a new ref)
+        Py_DECREF({name}_descr);
+
         if (!py_{name})
         {{
             Py_XINCREF(Py_None);
             py_{name} = Py_None;
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_MemoryError,
-                "Instantiation of new Python scalar failed ({dtype})");
+                "Instantiation of new Python NumPy scalar failed ({np_dtype_num}={np_dtype})");
             {fail}
         }}
-        PyArrayScalar_ASSIGN(py_{name}, {cls}, {name});
         """
 
     def c_cleanup(self, name, sub):
@@ -762,7 +774,7 @@ def c_init_code(self, **kwargs):
         return ["import_array();"]
 
     def c_code_cache_version(self):
-        return (14, np.__version__)
+        return (15, np.__version__)
 
     def get_shape_info(self, obj):
         return obj.itemsize
diff --git a/pytensor/tensor/signal/conv.py b/pytensor/tensor/signal/conv.py
index 37fc0a578c..4426d03f48 100644
--- a/pytensor/tensor/signal/conv.py
+++ b/pytensor/tensor/signal/conv.py
@@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ def __init__(self, method: Literal["direct", "fft", "auto"] = "auto"):
     def perform(self, node, inputs, outputs):
         in1, in2, full_mode = inputs
 
-        # TODO: Why is .item() needed?
-        mode: Literal["full", "valid", "same"] = "full" if full_mode.item() else "valid"
+        mode = "full" if full_mode else "valid"
         outputs[0][0] = scipy_convolve(in1, in2, mode=mode, method=self.method)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tensor/test_basic.py b/tests/tensor/test_basic.py
index 46a5e2e4fa..3a696faeae 100644
--- a/tests/tensor/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/tensor/test_basic.py
@@ -2209,6 +2209,13 @@ def test_ScalarFromTensor(cast_policy):
             scalar_from_tensor(vector())
 
 
+def test_bool_scalar_from_tensor():
+    x = scalar("x", dtype="bool")
+    fn = function([x], scalar_from_tensor(x))
+    assert fn(np.array(True, dtype=bool))
+    assert not fn(np.array(False, dtype=bool))
+
+
 def test_op_cache():
     # TODO: What is this actually testing?
     # trigger bug in ticket #162