diff --git a/libraries/gsound/gsound.SlackBuild b/libraries/gsound/gsound.SlackBuild
index c714b43db6..da356ee3f6 100644
--- a/libraries/gsound/gsound.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/gsound/gsound.SlackBuild
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# 20220419 bkw: Modified by SlackBuilds.org, BUILD=2:
+# - remove empty NEWS and AUTHORS from doc dir.
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=gsound
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.3}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -72,9 +75,9 @@ cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
-  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \+
 
 mkdir build
 cd build
@@ -95,12 +98,9 @@ cd ..
 
 rm -f $PKG/{,usr/}lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/*.la
 
-find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
-  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
-
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README.md \
+  COPYING ChangeLog README.md \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild