diff --git a/archivers/deutex/Makefile b/archivers/deutex/Makefile
index 4e58e2dabd1..810fbe6b27a 100644
--- a/archivers/deutex/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/deutex/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-V =		5.2.2
+V =		5.2.3
 COMMENT =	WAD composer for Doom, Heretic, Hexen, and Strife
 DISTNAME =	deutex-${V}
 CATEGORIES =	archivers
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HOMEPAGE =	https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex/
 # GPLv2+
 PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
 
-WANTLIB +=	c png z
+WANTLIB += c png
 
 SITES =		https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex/releases/download/v${V}/
 EXTRACT_SUFX =	.tar.zst
diff --git a/archivers/deutex/distinfo b/archivers/deutex/distinfo
index b85b5aee55d..3ba1ece9ea0 100644
--- a/archivers/deutex/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/deutex/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (deutex-5.2.2.tar.zst) = EO0OelM+yXy20DVI1CWPvsiIUqRbXqTPVDQ3atQXS18=
-SIZE (deutex-5.2.2.tar.zst) = 172022
+SHA256 (deutex-5.2.3.tar.zst) = k13K5JD7V06K2Q71S961mccFX+3KEX15zoN8vBnQcKs=
+SIZE (deutex-5.2.3.tar.zst) = 174847