diff --git a/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.SlackBuild b/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.SlackBuild
index 8db649f544..43d394f68a 100644
--- a/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for QuickNES-Core
 
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Hunter Sezen
+# Copyright 2016-2018 Hunter Sezen
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=QuickNES-Core
 LIBNAM=quicknes_libretro
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.10.23_7c0796d}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2018.09.30_264639f}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,21 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-# requires patching the Makefile to properly use
-# the default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS are probably fine
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
-else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
+LIBDIRSUFFIX=
+[ "$ARCH" = x86_64 ] && LIBDIRSUFFIX=64
 
 set -eu
 
diff --git a/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.info b/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.info
index 1f72ed96e9..dff3b9eee4 100644
--- a/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.info
+++ b/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="QuickNES-Core"
-VERSION="2017.10.23_7c0796d"
+VERSION="2018.09.30_264639f"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://slackware.uk/sbosrcarch/by-name/games/QuickNES-Core/QuickNES-Core-2017.10.23_7c0796d.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="238d28f1818de189b89908a1aa0c3778"
+DOWNLOAD="http://slackless.raccoons.tech/src/libretro/QuickNES-Core-2018.09.30_264639f.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="d4b6ab4ebb3e99dad2bd1bb4f1ccdd6b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"