diff --git a/.github/scripts/get_win_deps.ps1 b/.github/scripts/get_win_deps.ps1
index b947ad5c..8306e3ec 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/get_win_deps.ps1
+++ b/.github/scripts/get_win_deps.ps1
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ function getlibrary ([string] $URI, [string] $filename, [string] $hash, [string]
 	Expand-Archive -DestinationPath $destdir $filename
 }
 
-getlibrary 'https://www.zlib.net/zlib1213.zip' 'zlib.zip' 'd233fca7cf68db4c16dc5287af61f3cd01ab62495224c66639ca3da537701e42' .
+getlibrary 'https://www.zlib.net/zlib13.zip' 'zlib.zip' 'c561d09347f674f0d72692e7c75d9898919326c532aab7f8c07bb43b07efeb38' .
 getlibrary 'https://download.sourceforge.net/libpng/lpng1637.zip' 'libpng.zip'  '3b4b1cbd0bae6822f749d39b1ccadd6297f05e2b85a83dd2ce6ecd7d09eabdf2' .
 getlibrary 'https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison/releases/download/v2.5.24/win_flex_bison-2.5.24.zip' 'winflexbison.zip'  '39c6086ce211d5415500acc5ed2d8939861ca1696aee48909c7f6daf5122b505' install_dir
 
-Move-Item zlib-1.2.13 zlib
+Move-Item zlib-1.3 zlib
 Move-Item lpng1637 libpng
diff --git a/src/asm/symbol.c b/src/asm/symbol.c
index 4a565d7a..d54fff9c 100644
--- a/src/asm/symbol.c
+++ b/src/asm/symbol.c
@@ -525,16 +525,14 @@ static struct Symbol *addLabel(char const *symName)
 // Add a local (`.name` or `Parent.name`) relocatable symbol
 struct Symbol *sym_AddLocalLabel(char const *symName)
 {
-	if (!labelScope) {
-		error("Local label '%s' in main scope\n", symName);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	assert(!strchr(labelScope, '.')); // Assuming no dots in `labelScope`
+	// Assuming no dots in `labelScope` if defined
+	assert(!labelScope || !strchr(labelScope, '.'));
 
 	char fullName[MAXSYMLEN + 1];
 	char const *localName = strchr(symName, '.');
 
 	assert(localName); // There should be at least one dot in `symName`
+
 	// Check for something after the dot in `localName`
 	if (localName[1] == '\0') {
 		fatalerror("'%s' is a nonsensical reference to an empty local label\n",
@@ -546,23 +544,13 @@ struct Symbol *sym_AddLocalLabel(char const *symName)
 			   symName);
 
 	if (localName == symName) {
+		if (!labelScope) {
+			error("Unqualified local label '%s' in main scope\n", symName);
+			return NULL;
+		}
 		// Expand `symName` to the full `labelScope.symName` name
 		fullSymbolName(fullName, sizeof(fullName), symName, labelScope);
 		symName = fullName;
-	} else {
-		size_t i = 0;
-
-		// Find where `labelScope` and `symName` first differ
-		while (labelScope[i] && symName[i] == labelScope[i])
-			i++;
-
-		// Check that `symName` starts with `labelScope` and then a '.'
-		if (labelScope[i] != '\0' || symName[i] != '.') {
-			size_t parentLen = localName - symName;
-
-			assert(parentLen <= INT_MAX);
-			error("Not currently in the scope of '%.*s'\n", (int)parentLen, symName);
-		}
 	}
 
 	return addLabel(symName);
diff --git a/test/asm/local-without-parent.err b/test/asm/local-without-parent.err
index 4f1db1e3..71e2a7f5 100644
--- a/test/asm/local-without-parent.err
+++ b/test/asm/local-without-parent.err
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 error: local-without-parent.asm(2):
-    Local label '.test' in main scope
+    Unqualified local label '.test' in main scope
 error: Assembly aborted (1 error)!
diff --git a/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.asm b/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.asm
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cc3660a..00000000
--- a/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.asm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-SECTION "sec", ROM0
-
-Parent:
-	db 0
-WrongParent.child
-	db 0
diff --git a/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.err b/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b12513d..00000000
--- a/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-error: local-wrong-parent.asm(5):
-    Not currently in the scope of 'WrongParent'
-error: Assembly aborted (1 error)!
diff --git a/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.out b/test/asm/local-wrong-parent.out
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/test/asm/sym-scope.asm b/test/asm/sym-scope.asm
index 2a704d34..496bba14 100644
--- a/test/asm/sym-scope.asm
+++ b/test/asm/sym-scope.asm
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 SECTION "Scopes", ROM0
 
-; Neither of these should be created
-.tooSoon
-Nice.try
+; Tests of injecting local labels into another label's scope.
+; This construction is useful to define a subroutine's local variables
+; in WRAM or HRAM.
+Valid.syntax
 
 Parent:
 .loc
@@ -11,8 +12,8 @@ Parent.explicit
 	dw .explicit ; This should expand to the above
 
 
-; None of the two locals below should manage to be created, being in the wrong scopes
-; Note however that `Parentheses` begins with `Parent`, which string checks may fail to handle
+; Note that `Parentheses` begins with `Parent`,
+; which string checks may fail to handle
 
 Parentheses.check
 
diff --git a/test/asm/sym-scope.err b/test/asm/sym-scope.err
index 0ff9a0a7..e69de29b 100644
--- a/test/asm/sym-scope.err
+++ b/test/asm/sym-scope.err
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-error: sym-scope.asm(4):
-    Local label '.tooSoon' in main scope
-error: sym-scope.asm(5):
-    Local label 'Nice.try' in main scope
-error: sym-scope.asm(17):
-    Not currently in the scope of 'Parentheses'
-error: sym-scope.asm(21):
-    Not currently in the scope of 'Parent'
-error: Assembly aborted (4 errors)!