Error in yum update on CentOS 6.7 `http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found"`

CentOS release 6.7 (Final)

yum update fails on the error below.

http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 404 Not Found"
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: scl. Please verify its path and try again

Workaround

$ sudo yum remove centos-release-SCL
$ sudo yum update # Update to CentOS 6.8
$ sudo yum install centos-release-scl
$ sudo yum update

Source: 0010925: Yum update fails on a 404 returned from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml - CentOS Bug Tracker