diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff0edb75..b7921535 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if(TAG_RELEASE)
     include(MakeReleaseCommitAndTag)
 endif()
 
-set(VCPKG_DEPS zlib libpng SDL2 SFML gettext wxWidgets)
+set(VCPKG_DEPS zlib SDL2 SFML gettext wxWidgets)
 
 # appveyor job goes over time limit if building ffmpeg during initial cache
 # generation. So build initial cache without ffmpeg.
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL FreeBSD)
 endif()
 
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
-find_package(PNG    REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2   REQUIRED)
 
 if(WIN32)
@@ -327,7 +326,6 @@ set(
     ${SFML_LIBRARIES}
     ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
     ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
-    ${PNG_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 if(ENABLE_FFMPEG)
@@ -977,7 +975,6 @@ set(
 include_directories(
     ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}
     fex
-    ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
diff --git a/installdeps b/installdeps
index c2c2d9a8..300a327c 100755
--- a/installdeps
+++ b/installdeps
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ freebsd_installdeps() {
 
     check sudo pkg update
 
-    pkgs="llvm-devel cmake ccache nasm ffmpeg gettext-tools gettext png pkgconf sdl2 sfml wx31-gtk3 iconv zip ninja"
+    pkgs="llvm-devel cmake ccache nasm ffmpeg gettext-tools gettext pkgconf sdl2 sfml wx31-gtk3 iconv zip ninja"
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && pkgs="$pkgs ffmpeg"
 
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ debian_installdeps() {
           wx_lib_dev=libwxgtk3.0-dev
         fi
 
-        pkgs="build-essential g++ nasm cmake ccache gettext zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgettextpo-dev libpng-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-2.0 libglu1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa libgles2-mesa-dev libsfml-dev $sfml_libs $glew_lib $wx_lib $wx_lib_dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev ccache zip ninja-build"
+        pkgs="build-essential g++ nasm cmake ccache gettext zlib1g-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libgettextpo-dev libsdl2-dev libsdl2-2.0 libglu1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa libgles2-mesa-dev libsfml-dev $sfml_libs $glew_lib $wx_lib $wx_lib_dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev ccache zip ninja-build"
 
         [ -n "$ENABLE_OPENAL" ] && pkgs="$pkgs libopenal-dev"
         [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && pkgs="$pkgs libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavutil-dev $libswresample_dev"
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ fedora_installdeps() {
             # this is sometimes necessary for rawhide
             set -- --exclude='glibc32*'
         fi
-        for pkg in zlib-devel mesa-libGL-devel ffmpeg-devel gettext-devel libpng-devel SDL2-devel SFML-devel openal-soft-devel wxGTK3-devel gtk3-devel; do
+        for pkg in zlib-devel mesa-libGL-devel ffmpeg-devel gettext-devel SDL2-devel SFML-devel openal-soft-devel wxGTK3-devel gtk3-devel; do
             case $pkg in
                 *ffmpeg*)
                     [ -z "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && continue
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ fedora_installdeps() {
                 ;;
         esac
         # install static deps
-        for pkg in zlib gettext libpng SDL2 wxWidgets3; do
+        for pkg in zlib gettext SDL2 wxWidgets3; do
             set -- "$@" "${target}-${pkg}-static"
         done
         # install deps that are not available as static
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ rhel_installdeps() {
 
         warning='RHEL does not currently have SFML packages, LINK support will be disabled'
 
-        for pkg in zlib-devel mesa-libGL-devel ffmpeg-devel gettext-devel libpng-devel SDL2-devel openal-soft-devel wxGTK3-devel gtk3-devel; do
+        for pkg in zlib-devel mesa-libGL-devel ffmpeg-devel gettext-devel SDL2-devel openal-soft-devel wxGTK3-devel gtk3-devel; do
             case $pkg in
                 *ffmpeg*)
                     [ -z "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && continue
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ rhel_installdeps() {
                 ;;
         esac
         # install static deps
-        for pkg in zlib gettext libpng SDL2 wxWidgets; do
+        for pkg in zlib gettext SDL2 wxWidgets; do
             set -- "$@" "${target}-${pkg}-static"
         done
         # install deps that are not available as static
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ suse_installdeps() {
 
     tools="make cmake ccache nasm gettext-tools pkg-config ccache zip sfml2-devel ninja"
 
-    libs="gcc gcc-c++ libpng16-devel libSDL2-devel wxWidgets-3_0-devel" # ffmpeg-devel
+    libs="gcc gcc-c++ libSDL2-devel wxWidgets-3_0-devel" # ffmpeg-devel
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_OPENAL" ] && libs="$libs openal-soft-devel"
     # ffmpeg requires packman repos
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ archlinux_installdeps() {
 
     $pacman -Q gtk3-classic >/dev/null 2>&1 && gtk=gtk3-classic
 
-    libs="zlib mesa gettext libpng sdl2 wxgtk3 $gtk sfml"
+    libs="zlib mesa gettext sdl2 wxgtk3 $gtk sfml"
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_OPENAL" ] && libs="$libs openal"
     [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && libs="$libs ffmpeg"
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ EOF
           fi
         done
 
-        deps="zlib gettext libpng pkg-config sdl2 wxmsw"
+        deps="zlib gettext pkg-config sdl2 wxmsw"
 
         [ -n "$ENABLE_OPENAL" ] && deps="$deps openal"
 
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ brew_installdeps() {
 
     check brew -v update
 
-    brews="nasm cmake ccache gettext libpng pkg-config sdl2 wxmac ccache ninja"
+    brews="nasm cmake ccache gettext pkg-config sdl2 wxmac ccache ninja"
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && brews="$brews ffmpeg"
 
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ macports_installdeps() {
 
     check sudo port -v selfupdate
 
-    ports="cmake ccache nasm gettext libpng pkgconfig libsdl2 sfml wxWidgets-3.0 libiconv ninja"
+    ports="cmake ccache nasm gettext pkgconfig libsdl2 sfml wxWidgets-3.0 libiconv ninja"
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && ports="$ports ffmpeg"
 
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ fink_installdeps() {
 
     check sudo fink -vy selfupdate
 
-    pkgs="cmake ccache nasm libgettext8-dev gettext-tools libpng16 pkgconfig sdl2 wxwidgets300-osxcocoa libiconv-dev sfml24-dev ccache ninja"
+    pkgs="cmake ccache nasm libgettext8-dev gettext-tools pkgconfig sdl2 wxwidgets300-osxcocoa libiconv-dev sfml24-dev ccache ninja"
 
     [ -n "$ENABLE_FFMPEG" ] && pkgs="$pkgs ffmpeg"
 
diff --git a/src/debian/control b/src/debian/control
index 7092181f..7bf17786 100755
--- a/src/debian/control
+++ b/src/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Sérgio Benjamim <sergio_br2@yahoo.com.br>
 Build-Depends:	debhelper (>= 9),
 				cmake (>= 2.6.0),
-				libpng12-dev, 
 				imagemagick, 
 				libopenal-dev, 
 				libsdl2.0-dev, 
diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index b1fbb951..f66a916d 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,11 +152,14 @@ if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE MATCHES vcpkg AND (X86_32 OR AMD64))
             set(deb_suffix d)
         endif()
 
+        file(GLOB png_lib ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR}/libpng*.lib)
+
         list(APPEND wxWidgets_LIBRARIES
             ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR}/jpeg${deb_suffix}.lib
             ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR}/tiff${deb_suffix}.lib
             ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR}/lzma${deb_suffix}.lib
             ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR}/expat.lib
+            ${png_lib}
         )
     endif()