diff --git a/academic/xiphos/xiphos.SlackBuild b/academic/xiphos/xiphos.SlackBuild
index d7638e29e2..3471341e36 100644
--- a/academic/xiphos/xiphos.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/xiphos/xiphos.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for xiphos
 
-# Copyright 2015-2022 Tim Dickson, email: dickson.tim@googlemail.com
+# Copyright 2015-2023 Tim Dickson, email: dickson.tim@googlemail.com
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+#note: webkit2gtk is a dep, but is already included as a dep of yelp.
+
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=xiphos
@@ -85,7 +87,6 @@ find -L . \
 echo "#define GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED (GLIB_VERSION_2_26)" >>cmake/config.h.cmake.in
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
-echo "1"
 cmake -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
diff --git a/academic/xiphos/xiphos.info b/academic/xiphos/xiphos.info
index 2e531b0cac..a431c6b994 100644
--- a/academic/xiphos/xiphos.info
+++ b/academic/xiphos/xiphos.info
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/download/4.2.1/xiphos-4.2
 MD5SUM="77d8a99c063433bea3006954710b2fd5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="sword webkit2gtk biblesync rarian gtkhtml libminizip appstream-glib yelp"
+REQUIRES="sword biblesync rarian gtkhtml libminizip appstream-glib yelp"
 MAINTAINER="Tim Dickson"
 EMAIL="dickson.tim@googlemail.com"