diff --git a/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.SlackBuild b/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.SlackBuild
index 643d4e9401..8cf8478c5b 100644
--- a/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for vms-empire
 
-# Copyright 2014-2016  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
+# Copyright 2014-2024  Dimitris Zlatanidis  Orestiada, Greece
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -22,17 +22,11 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-# 20220221 bkw: Modified by SlackBuilds.org, BUILD=2:
-# - fix build on 15.0.
-# - binary in /usr/games.
-# - symlink so man page name matches binary name.
-# - fix .desktop file (abs paths).
-
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=vms-empire
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.14}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.17}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -96,10 +90,6 @@ sed -e '/^Icon/s,=.*,=/usr/share/pixmaps/vms-empire.png,' \
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/
 install -m644 $PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM.png
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/man/man6
-gzip -9c < empire.6 > $PKG/usr/man/man6/empire.6.gz
-ln -s empire.6.gz $PKG/usr/man/man6/$PRGNAM.6.gz
-
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a AUTHORS BUGS COPYING HACKING NEWS README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
diff --git a/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.info b/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.info
index c04f683ef3..a73eef1e90 100644
--- a/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.info
+++ b/games/vms-empire/vms-empire.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="vms-empire"
-VERSION="1.14"
+VERSION="1.17"
 HOMEPAGE="http://catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/vms-empire-1.14.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="9defc2be52380171f293b5bfb4c5fa28"
+DOWNLOAD="https://gitlab.com/esr/vms-empire/-/archive/1.17/vms-empire-1.17.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="bda055731de0b98db3b805a983148fb4"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Dimitris Zlatanidis"
-EMAIL="d.zlatanidis@gmail.com"
+EMAIL="dslackw@gmail.com"