diff --git a/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.SlackBuild b/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.SlackBuild
index 67837edf06..cf88dd2230 100644
--- a/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.SlackBuild
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 # enabled. If there are major issues, I can downgrade this back to the
 # previous version (4.0_321) version. Email me.
 
+# 20230625 bkw: get rid of p7zip dep. Turns out that Slackware's
+# bsdtar command (from libarchive) can extract this just fine. All
+# these years I never knew that...
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=eduke32_hires_pack
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 mkdir $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-7za x $CWD/$ZIPFILE autoload/\* \*.txt
+bsdtar xvf $CWD/$ZIPFILE autoload/\* \*.txt
 chown -R root:root .
 find . -type d | xargs chmod 755
 find . -type f | xargs chmod 644
diff --git a/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.info b/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.info
index 1241da9c3a..0da6233ced 100644
--- a/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.info
+++ b/games/eduke32_hires_pack/eduke32_hires_pack.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="http://www.duke4.org/files/nightfright/hrp/dn3d_hrp54-sfx.exe"
 MD5SUM="2acf16b0c6113a69ab9194ae2bd21cbb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="p7zip"
+REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="B. Watson"
 EMAIL="urchlay@slackware.uk"