diff --git a/office/epy/epy.SlackBuild b/office/epy/epy.SlackBuild
index 6b44f2d986..eb7582efaa 100644
--- a/office/epy/epy.SlackBuild
+++ b/office/epy/epy.SlackBuild
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20230530 bkw: updated for v2023.2.8.
 # 20230104 bkw: updated for v2022.12.11.
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=epy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2022.12.11}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2023.2.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -33,20 +34,6 @@ TMP=${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/office/epy/epy.info b/office/epy/epy.info
index 174f5eb44e..866b5d93d0 100644
--- a/office/epy/epy.info
+++ b/office/epy/epy.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="epy"
-VERSION="2022.12.11"
+VERSION="2023.2.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/wustho/epy"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/wustho/epy/archive/v2022.12.11/epy-2022.12.11.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="8e7603671f1ff05e9741c2ee85775025"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/wustho/epy/archive/v2023.2.8/epy-2023.2.8.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="95dbaf919c3bc46c10138dd4bd27d648"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""