diff --git a/network/yt-dlp/plugin_loading.diff b/network/yt-dlp/plugin_loading.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 74237eed87..0000000000
--- a/network/yt-dlp/plugin_loading.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/yt_dlp/plugins.py b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
-index 6eecdb4d0..85ff5f19b 100644
---- a/yt_dlp/plugins.py
-+++ b/yt_dlp/plugins.py
-@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def _get_package_paths(*root_paths, containing_folder='plugins'):
-             candidate = path / parts
-             if candidate.is_dir():
-                 yield candidate
--            elif path.suffix in ('.zip', '.egg', '.whl'):
-+            elif path.suffix in ('.zip', '.egg', '.whl') and not path.is_dir():
-                 if parts in dirs_in_zip(path):
-                     yield candidate
diff --git a/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.SlackBuild b/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.SlackBuild
index 1e129153c6..9543152c8c 100644
--- a/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.SlackBuild
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@
 # dependency for pipe-viewer (and might be useful as a dep for other
 # things), it has to exist on SBo.
 
+# 20230402 bkw: updated for v2023.03.04
 # 20230222 bkw: updated for v2023.02.17
 # 20230104 bkw: updated for v2023.01.02
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=yt-dlp
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2023.02.17}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2023.03.04}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -55,11 +56,6 @@ chown -R root:root .
 find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
         \! -perm /111 -a \! -perm 644 -a -exec chmod 644 {} \+
 
-# https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/6306, reported by KG Hammarlund.
-# Not sure what triggers the issue (I don't have it on my system), but
-# this will be in the next release anyway I think.
-patch -p1 < $CWD/plugin_loading.diff
-
 # hardcoded paths.
 sed -i -e "s,share/doc/yt_dlp,doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION," \
        -e "s,share/man,man," \
@@ -70,7 +66,7 @@ python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
 gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man1/*
 
-# AUTHORS is 0 bytes in 2022.01.21
+# AUTHORS is 0 bytes in 2022.01.21 (still is, in 2023.03.04).
 PKGDOC=$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 mkdir -p $PKGDOC
 cp -a CONTRIBUTORS LICENSE *.md $PKGDOC
diff --git a/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.info b/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.info
index 5a674cb2e3..3491160988 100644
--- a/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.info
+++ b/network/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="yt-dlp"
-VERSION="2023.02.17"
+VERSION="2023.03.04"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2023.02.17/yt-dlp.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d83e85f83a4acd8283c1bf1543143915"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/2023.03.04/yt-dlp.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="392ead72a00cda0ade947af40fb91039"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""