diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libpng b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libpng
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..8ef96e2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/filelists/libpng
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../common/libpng
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
index 6327b85a8..dd1efcea8 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/172/update.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ rm -rvf \
 	/usr/lib/liblzma.so.5.2.5 \
 	/usr/lib/libnetfilter_conntrack.so.3.7.0 \
 	/usr/lib/libns-9.16.33.so \
+	/usr/lib/libpng16.so.16.37.0 \
 	/usr/lib/libreadline.so.8.1 \
 	/usr/lib/libunbound.so.8.1.1* \
 	/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.9.* \