diff --git a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
index 8485a88dc4..e28f925470 100644
--- a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=gw-libretro
 LIBNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2016.07.08_237f34c}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.01.24_7e1c2a6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ make -f Makefile.libretro DEBUG=$DEBUG
 install -Dm0644 $LIBNAM.so $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libretro/$LIBNAM.so
 install -Dm0644 $LIBNAM.info $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libretro/info/$LIBNAM.info
 
-if [ "${DEBUG:-0}" = "0" ]; then
+if [ "$DEBUG" = "0" ]; then
   find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
     | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 fi
diff --git a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
index c9bd42717f..d8f5f82f5c 100644
--- a/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
+++ b/games/gw-libretro/gw-libretro.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="gw-libretro"
-VERSION="2016.07.08_237f34c"
+VERSION="2017.01.24_7e1c2a6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/gw-libretro-2016.07.08_237f34c.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="161a1e2da0fc2dda9f01114da9e431c9"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/gw-libretro-2017.01.24_7e1c2a6.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="4eca4769d062547a5966457ee1aa28a6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"