diff --git a/development/vile/patches/sh-filt.patch b/development/vile/patches/sh-filt.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e5b8e0806c..0000000000
--- a/development/vile/patches/sh-filt.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru vile-9.8s.orig/filters/sh-filt.l vile-9.8s/filters/sh-filt.l
---- vile-9.8s.orig/filters/sh-filt.l	2016-12-17 18:24:00.000000000 -0500
-+++ vile-9.8s/filters/sh-filt.l	2018-10-13 13:40:34.077559351 -0400
-@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
- 			  }
- 			}
- <NORMAL>{KSH_TEST_UP}	{ if (!pop_backtic1(yytext, yyleng, LEN_KSH_TEST_DOWN)) {
--			    FLEX_PRINTF((stderr, "cannot pop '[[' level %d\n", stk_level));
-+			    FLEX_PRINTF((stderr, "cannot pop '\[\[' level %d\n", stk_level));
- 			    handle_parens(yytext, 1, 1, -1, NORMAL);
- 			    unput(R_BLOCK);
- 			  }
diff --git a/development/vile/vile.SlackBuild b/development/vile/vile.SlackBuild
index a46080dac6..9858965aea 100644
--- a/development/vile/vile.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/vile/vile.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for vile
 
-# Copyright 2010 Wayne Cuddy        Fairfax, VA (USA)
+# Copyright 2010-2019 Wayne Cuddy        Fairfax, VA (USA)
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=vile
-VERSION=${VERSION:-9.8s}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-9.8t}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-patch -p1 <$CWD/patches/sh-filt.patch
-
 make
 make DESTDIR=$PKG docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION install install-doc
 
diff --git a/development/vile/vile.info b/development/vile/vile.info
index 79849bad0f..a7dc56c471 100644
--- a/development/vile/vile.info
+++ b/development/vile/vile.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="vile"
-VERSION="9.8s"
+VERSION="9.8t"
 HOMEPAGE="http://invisible-island.net/vile/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/vile/current/vile-9.8s.tgz"
-MD5SUM="001f42ecb8120d8e88c00779a6318f83"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/pub/vile/current/vile-9.8t.tgz"
+MD5SUM="4a748c35844ae4b3e89352faaa6daaad"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""