diff --git a/extra/mate-applets/mate-applets.SlackBuild b/extra/mate-applets/mate-applets.SlackBuild
index 66d459c..99742ed 100644
--- a/extra/mate-applets/mate-applets.SlackBuild
+++ b/extra/mate-applets/mate-applets.SlackBuild
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=mate-applets
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.1}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.90}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_msb}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --disable-static \
+  --without-help-dir \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make $NUMJOBS || make