diff --git a/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.SlackBuild b/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.SlackBuild
index 5f801b7366..9068907f6b 100644
--- a/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for snes9x2005
 
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Hunter Sezen California, USA
+# Copyright 2016-2018 Hunter Sezen California, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=snes9x2005
 LIBNAM=${PRGNAM}_libretro
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.10.23_00fd30f}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2018.11.02_f4a5a7a}
 BUILD=${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
 
 GRIFFIN=${GRIFFIN:-0}
 
diff --git a/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.info b/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.info
index e4d822f8bd..146c0ce878 100644
--- a/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.info
+++ b/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="snes9x2005"
-VERSION="2017.10.23_00fd30f"
+VERSION="2018.11.02_f4a5a7a"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch/by-name/games/snes9x2005/snes9x2005-2017.10.23_00fd30f.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="81e9db11c1606889823d423d5a699b83"
+DOWNLOAD="http://slackless.raccoons.tech/src/libretro/snes9x2005-2018.11.02_f4a5a7a.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="731b6276ed6d1c27e31d490674bbad55"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"