diff --git a/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.SlackBuild b/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.SlackBuild
index 20385ad3bb..7cc46c2193 100644
--- a/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.SlackBuild
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20191201 bkw: Updated for v1.2.0.
 # 20170903 bkw: Updated for v1.0.1. Changes are incompatible with
 # libtommath-1.0, use the previous version of this script if you need
 # 1.0 for some odd reason.
 
 PRGNAM=libtommath
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -46,11 +47,8 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.xz
 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 \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
-  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
+        \! -perm /111 -a \! -perm 644 -a -exec chmod 644 {} \+
 
 # hardcoded lib paths suck
 sed -i "s,/lib\$,&$LIBDIRSUFFIX," $PRGNAM.pc.in
@@ -64,6 +62,7 @@ make -f makefile.shared install \
 
 chmod 0644 $PKG/usr/include/*
 rm $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.a
+rm $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.la
 strip $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.so.*.*.*
 chmod 755 $PKG/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX/*.so.*.*.*
 
diff --git a/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.info b/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.info
index 15bdd9189e..98fb9f3937 100644
--- a/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.info
+++ b/libraries/libtommath/libtommath.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libtommath"
-VERSION="1.0.1"
+VERSION="1.2.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://libtom.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/releases/download/v1.0.1/ltm-1.0.1.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="72f4dd9dcde8338e5e3507f7bbea7582"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/releases/download/v1.2.0/ltm-1.2.0.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="159523e41d528ce72a0ce4ac3eabe274"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""