diff --git a/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.SlackBuild b/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.SlackBuild
index cee89045eb..59bd820807 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.SlackBuild
+++ b/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for perl-Linux-FD
 
-# Copyright 2023 K. Eugene Carlson  Tsukuba, Japan
+# Copyright 2023-2024 K. Eugene Carlson  Tsukuba, Japan
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=perl-Linux-FD
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.014}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.016}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -52,20 +52,6 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
-
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
diff --git a/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.info b/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.info
index 9c896d21f0..a99c694881 100644
--- a/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.info
+++ b/perl/perl-Linux-FD/perl-Linux-FD.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="perl-Linux-FD"
-VERSION="0.014"
+VERSION="0.016"
 HOMEPAGE="https://metacpan.org/pod/Linux::FD"
-DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/Linux-FD-0.014.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ca6eae1bb670faf733860f553ef395c9"
+DOWNLOAD="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/L/LE/LEONT/Linux-FD-0.016.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a808dec58d1874815c255790305c22a1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="perl-Module-Build perl-Sub-Exporter perl-Test-Exception"