diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/PKGBUILD
index d53cf9b643..592bda1f43 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 # Maintainer: Guoyi Zhang <guoyizhang at malacology dot net>
 
 _pkgname=multipanelfigure
-_pkgver=2.1.5
+_pkgver=2.1.6
 pkgname=r-${_pkgname,,}
 pkgver=${_pkgver//-/.}
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Infrastructure to Assemble Multi-Panel Figures (from Grobs)"
 arch=(any)
 url="https://cran.r-project.org/package=$_pkgname"
 license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
 depends=(
-  r-assertive.base
-  r-assertive.files
-  r-assertive.numbers
   r-ggplot2
   r-gridgraphics
   r-gtable
@@ -29,8 +26,8 @@ optdepends=(
   r-venndiagram
 )
 source=("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/${_pkgname}_${_pkgver}.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('e80c2af7114635a3cf1d01adf7d0207e')
-b2sums=('730435fc8dd88ba096bafa7f2d8474cb2b99f361ef2353a0ad144602942709629e83c95c3b887fb5fc3b368eb7de2cbe62606e85e5376f29f472e3b32f92e5d6')
+md5sums=('d484d23f1bf53f54bb3c9bfa635425fc')
+b2sums=('e5d1cfae80818f7b67d1a36e95a69b8534449fb9c79c1120bfbf852edd6ea55571f84c56c86826a406e27bf51f62b2b680cb7e22b31deda2e80459617ef760a7')
 
 build() {
   mkdir build
diff --git a/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/lilac.yaml b/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/lilac.yaml
index 2bd16d03c6..12125846e8 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/lilac.yaml
+++ b/BioArchLinux/r-multipanelfigure/lilac.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ maintainers:
 - github: starsareintherose
   email: kuoi@bioarchlinux.org
 repo_depends:
-- r-assertive.base
-- r-assertive.files
-- r-assertive.numbers
 - r-ggplot2
 - r-gridgraphics
 - r-gtable