diff --git a/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.SlackBuild b/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.SlackBuild
index 132e6bcdce..12a055682f 100644
--- a/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.SlackBuild
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20211005 bkw: update for v0.1.7.
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=flatzebra
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.1.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.1.7}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -22,9 +24,6 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -57,15 +56,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 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 {} \+
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -std=c++14" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
@@ -80,6 +75,7 @@ sed -i '/^docdir/s,datadir,prefix,' Makefile
 
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib*/*.la
 
 # 'make install-strip' created the doc dir already
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
diff --git a/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.info b/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.info
index 93437c966e..cd6c2f1340 100644
--- a/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.info
+++ b/libraries/flatzebra/flatzebra.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="flatzebra"
-VERSION="0.1.6"
+VERSION="0.1.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://perso.b2b2c.ca/~sarrazip/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/flatzebra-0.1.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="68cbaa37b88de639ceb6e4c46807fc01"
+DOWNLOAD="https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/flatzebra-0.1.7.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2cae300b3d8c75d6c810be0292ef201c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""