diff --git a/misc/figlet/README b/misc/figlet/README
index 7e499ca65d..21e750cb56 100644
--- a/misc/figlet/README
+++ b/misc/figlet/README
@@ -1,34 +1,4 @@
 FIGlet is a program for making large letters out of ordinary text
 
-  _ _ _          _   _     _
- | (_) | _____  | |_| |__ (_)___
- | | | |/ / _ \ | __| '_ \| / __|
- | | |   <  __/ | |_| | | | \__ \
- |_|_|_|\_\___|  \__|_| |_|_|___/
-
-                           .   oooo         o8o
-                         .o8   `888         `"'
-  .ooooo.  oooo d8b    .o888oo  888 .oo.   oooo   .oooo.o
- d88' `88b `888""8P      888    888P"Y88b  `888  d88(  "8
- 888   888  888          888    888   888   888  `"Y88b.
- 888   888  888          888 .  888   888   888  o.  )88b
- `Y8bod8P' d888b         "888" o888o o888o o888o 8""888P'
-
-                              _/      _/        _/
-     _/_/    _/  _/_/      _/_/_/_/  _/_/_/          _/_/_/
-  _/    _/  _/_/            _/      _/    _/  _/  _/_/
- _/    _/  _/              _/      _/    _/  _/      _/_/
-  _/_/    _/                _/_/  _/    _/  _/  _/_/_/
-
-   or this:
-
-      #           #              #             #
- ##########      #######    ##########    ##########
-     #    #     #     #         #    #         #
-     #    #    # #   #          #    #         #
-    #     #       ###          #     #        #
-   #   # #       ##           #   # #        #
-  #     #      ##            #     #       ##
-
 This contains the standard distribution fonts but more are available
 from the homepage. Fonts should be untarred into /usr/share/figlet/
diff --git a/misc/figlet/figlet.SlackBuild b/misc/figlet/figlet.SlackBuild
index 35acf1a0e5..84a1b1f8c9 100644
--- a/misc/figlet/figlet.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/figlet/figlet.SlackBuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Slackware build script for figlet
- 
+
 # Copyright 2009  David Woodfall <dave@unrealize.co.uk>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # YOUR DATA IS DESTROYED, YOUR HOUSE BURNS DOWN OR YOUR DOG RUNS OFF.
 
 PRGNAM=figlet
-VERSION=${VERSION:-222}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -43,14 +43,28 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
-mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT 
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
@@ -58,25 +72,8 @@ find . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-# Need to fix the Makefile
-sed -i 's/local\///g' Makefile
-sed -i '/DEFAULTFONTDIR\ =\ fonts/d' Makefile
-
- # Sed the CFLAGs into the Makefile
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-    sed -i 's#CFLAGS = -g#CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686#g' Makefile
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-    sed -i 's#CFLAGS = -g#CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686#g' Makefile
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-    sed -i 's#CFLAGS = -g#CFLAGS=-O2 -fPIC#g' Makefile
-fi
-
-make all
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin $PKG/usr/share/figlet $PKG/usr/man/man6
-chmod +x figlist
-cp figlet chkfont figlist $PKG/usr/bin
-cp fonts/*.flf fonts/*.flc $PKG/usr/share/figlet
-cp figlet.6 $PKG/usr/man/man6
+make all CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" prefix=/usr
+make install prefix=/usr DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/misc/figlet/figlet.info b/misc/figlet/figlet.info
index 058487a015..774c55402d 100644
--- a/misc/figlet/figlet.info
+++ b/misc/figlet/figlet.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="figlet"
-VERSION="222"
+VERSION="2.2.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.figlet.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://source.dawoodfall.net/figlet222.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="9fcf4f1651b8e6d3f56f1ef665285b2e"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/figlet-2.2.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d88cb33a14f1469fff975d021ae2858e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="David Woodfall"
 EMAIL="dave@dawoodfall.net"
-APPROVED="Niels Horn"
+APPROVED="dsomero"