diff --git a/doc/magic.man b/doc/magic.man
index 6916b7b2..b712fc13 100644
--- a/doc/magic.man
+++ b/doc/magic.man
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $File: magic.man,v 1.110 2024/11/27 15:37:00 christos Exp $
-.Dd November 27, 2024
+.\" $File: magic.man,v 1.109 2024/06/18 17:04:23 christos Exp $
+.Dd June 18, 2024
 .Dt MAGIC __FSECTION__
 .Os
 .\" install as magic.4 on USG, magic.5 on V7, Berkeley and Linux systems.
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ is a regular file.
 A continuation offset relative to the end of the last up-level field
 .Dv ( \*[Am] ) .
 .El
-If the offset starts with the symbol
-.Dq + ,
-then all offsets are interpreted as from the beginning of the file (the
-default).
 .It Dv type
 The type of the data to be tested.
 The possible values are:
diff --git a/src/apprentice.c b/src/apprentice.c
index cf040cdd..bb17cc1a 100644
--- a/src/apprentice.c
+++ b/src/apprentice.c
@@ -2127,9 +2127,9 @@ parse(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic_entry *me, const char *file,
 	}
 
 	/* get offset, then skip over it */
-	if (*l == '-' || *l == '+') {
+	if (*l == '-') {
 		++l;            /* step over */
-		m->flag |= l[-1] == '-' ? OFFNEGATIVE : OFFPOSITIVE;
+		m->flag |= OFFNEGATIVE;
 	}
 	m->offset = CAST(int32_t, strtol(l, &t, 0));
         if (l == t) {
diff --git a/src/file.h b/src/file.h
index 99226327..67d85e70 100644
--- a/src/file.h
+++ b/src/file.h
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 #define MAXstring 128		/* max len of "string" types */
 
 #define MAGICNO		0xF11E041C
-#define VERSIONNO	20
+#define VERSIONNO	19
 #define FILE_MAGICSIZE	432
 
 #define FILE_GUID_SIZE	sizeof("XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX")
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ union VALUETYPE {
 
 struct magic {
 	/* Word 1 */
-	uint16_t flag;
+	uint16_t cont_level;	/* level of ">" */
+	uint8_t flag;
 #define INDIR		0x01	/* if '(...)' appears */
 #define OFFADD		0x02	/* if '>&' or '>...(&' appears */
 #define INDIROFFADD	0x04	/* if '>&(' appears */
@@ -228,9 +229,7 @@ struct magic {
 				   for top-level tests) */
 #define TEXTTEST	0x40	/* for passing to file_softmagic */
 #define OFFNEGATIVE	0x80	/* relative to the end of file */
-#define OFFPOSITIVE	0x100	/* relative to the beginning of file */
 
-	uint8_t cont_level;	/* level of ">" */
 	uint8_t factor;
 
 	/* Word 2 */
diff --git a/src/softmagic.c b/src/softmagic.c
index 59300a69..adbc027a 100644
--- a/src/softmagic.c
+++ b/src/softmagic.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ msetoffset(struct magic_set *ms, struct magic *m, struct buffer *bb,
 		ms->eoffset = ms->offset = CAST(int32_t, b->elen - m->offset);
 	} else {
 		offset = m->offset;
-		if ((m->flag & OFFPOSITIVE) || cont_level == 0) {
+		if (cont_level == 0) {
 normal:
 			// XXX: Pass real fd, then who frees bb?
 			buffer_init(bb, -1, NULL, b->fbuf, b->flen);
diff --git a/magic/Magdir/archive b/magic/Magdir/archive
index b920f993..c8f440dc 100644
--- a/magic/Magdir/archive
+++ b/magic/Magdir/archive
@@ -1875,6 +1875,15 @@
 >>>>>-22	string	PK\005\006
 >>>>>>(-6.l-16)	string	APK\x20Sig\x20Block\x2042	\b, with APK Signing Block
 
+# Keyman Compiled Package File (keyman.com)
+# https://help.keyman.com/developer/current-version/reference/file-types/kmp
+# Find start of central directory
+>>>(-6.l)	string		PK\001\002
+# Scan central directory for string 'kmp.json', will suffice for a
+# package containing about 150 files
+>>>>(-6.l)	search/9000	kmp.json	Keyman Compiled Package File
+!:mime	application/vnd.keyman.kmp+zip
+!:ext kmp
 
 # Specialised zip formats which start with a member named 'mimetype'
 # (stored uncompressed, with no 'extra field') containing the file's MIME type.
@@ -2114,36 +2123,25 @@
 #>30	search/100/b application/epub+zip	EPUB document
 #!:mime application/epub+zip
 
-# APK Signing Block
+# Generic zip archives (Greg Roelofs, c/o zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
+#   Next line excludes specialized formats:
 >(26.s+30)	leshort	!0xcafe
 >>30	search/100/b !application/epub+zip
->>>26    string          !\x8\0\0\0mimetype
->>>>-22	string	PK\005\006
->>>>>(-6.l-16)	string	APK\x20Sig\x20Block\x2042	Android package (APK), with APK Signing Block
+>>>26    string          !\x8\0\0\0mimetype	Zip archive data
+!:mime	application/zip
+>>>>4	beshort		x			\b, at least
+>>>>4	use		zipversion
+>>>>4	beshort		x			to extract
+>>>>8	beshort		x			\b, compression method=
+>>>>8	use		zipcompression
+>>>>0x161	string		WINZIP		\b, WinZIP self-extracting
+# APK Signing Block
+>0	default	x
+>>-22	string	PK\005\006
+>>>(-6.l-16)	string	APK\x20Sig\x20Block\x2042	Android package (APK), with APK Signing Block
 !:mime	application/vnd.android.package-archive
 !:ext	apk
 
-# Keyman Compiled Package File (keyman.com)
-# https://help.keyman.com/developer/current-version/reference/file-types/kmp
-# Find start of central directory
->>>>>(-6.l)	string		PK\001\002
-# Scan central directory for string 'kmp.json', will suffice for a
-# package containing about 150 files
->>>>>>(-6.l)	search/9000	kmp.json	Keyman Compiled Package File
-!:mime	application/vnd.keyman.kmp+zip
-!:ext kmp
-
-# Generic zip archives (Greg Roelofs, c/o zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
-#   Next line excludes specialized formats:
->>>>+4	default		x
->>>>>4	beshort		x			Zip archive data, at least
-!:mime	application/zip
->>>>>4	use		zipversion
->>>>>4	beshort		x			to extract
->>>>>8	beshort		x			\b, compression method=
->>>>>8	use		zipcompression
->>>>>0x161	string		WINZIP		\b, WinZIP self-extracting
-
 # Zip archives (Greg Roelofs, c/o zip-bugs@wkuvx1.wku.edu)
 0	string		PK\005\006	Zip archive data (empty)
 !:mime application/zip