diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
index 35a231854b..aa6b26e8c7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'ghostscript'
 pkgname=ghostscript
-version=9.15
+version=9.16
 revision=1
 short_desc="An interpreter for the PostScript language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.ghostscript.com/"
 license="AGPL-3, CPL-1.0"
 distfiles="http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=e65daf25059e2f3dabd3535df3d936a42ca4933d36473a03095e39adcdd5315c
+checksum=3e2d44f925aabb4764b985a966880eafca2fd63a6998491308604d16a75cb86d
 
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ depends="gsfonts"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# force it to use system libs.
-	rm -rf zlib jpeg{,xr} libpng jasper expat tiff lcms{,2} freetype cups/libs jbig2dec
+	rm -rf jpeg{,xr} libpng jasper expat tiff lcms{,2} freetype cups/libs jbig2dec
 	cd ijs
 	autoreconf -fi
 }