diff --git a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
index e4275e09e0..73e37436b1 100644
--- a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for gw-libretro
 
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Hunter Sezen
+# Copyright 2016-2018 Hunter Sezen
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=gw-libretro
 LIBNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.12.10_8f054a1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2018.10.03_dea8b93}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,21 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-# requires patching the Makefile to properly use
-# the default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are probably fine
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
+LIBDIRSUFFIX=
+[ "$ARCH" = x86_64 ] && LIBDIRSUFFIX=64
 
 set -eu
 
diff --git a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
index 3f08aa3b70..cf72ad3f7a 100644
--- a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
+++ b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="gw-libretro"
-VERSION="2017.12.10_8f054a1"
+VERSION="2018.10.03_dea8b93"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch/by-name/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro-2017.12.10_8f054a1.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="8970dab4fe5fc2d969fb565dd6228b4a"
+DOWNLOAD="http://slackless.raccoons.tech/src/libretro/gw-libretro-2018.10.03_dea8b93.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="22fe06dec6ca590ab38059fcad96a2a4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"