diff --git a/sysutils/stow/Makefile b/sysutils/stow/Makefile
index 733a72dbc64..c5fe314be64 100644
--- a/sysutils/stow/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/stow/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.15 2019/07/24 10:30:33 sthen Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2019/08/21 10:39:29 sthen Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	manages software package installations with symlinks
 
-DISTNAME=	stow-2.3.0
+DISTNAME=	stow-2.3.1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 HOMEPAGE=	https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNU:=stow/}
 
 CONFIGURE_STYLE=gnu
-USE_GMAKE=Yes
-
-RUN_DEPENDS=	devel/p5-Clone \
-		devel/p5-Clone-Choose \
-		devel/p5-Hash-Merge
+USE_GMAKE=	Yes
 
 TEST_DEPENDS=	devel/p5-IO-stringy \
 		devel/p5-Test-Output
diff --git a/sysutils/stow/distinfo b/sysutils/stow/distinfo
index d70a4dd319b..609c46fc574 100644
--- a/sysutils/stow/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/stow/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (stow-2.3.0.tar.gz) = BSTqoNRIXRv/t4tc31tvwT45REZmyi5RM29m3bPIGEE=
-SIZE (stow-2.3.0.tar.gz) = 652135
+SHA256 (stow-2.3.1.tar.gz) = CdXZlnG3hTf9mywLOaXpdhp6Dpefb9t+q/pY7kXwPUs=
+SIZE (stow-2.3.1.tar.gz) = 654191