diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build
deleted file mode 100755
index f4033cf4ef..0000000000
--- a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-setup_toolchain host
-
-mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-
-../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-shared \
-            --disable-demos \
-            --with-atomictype=pthread \
-            --disable-unittest
-
-make
-make install
-
-cd ..
-
-setup_toolchain target
-
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
-
-mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
-../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --enable-static \
-            --disable-shared \
-            --disable-demos \
-            --with-atomictype=pthread \
-            --disable-unittest
-
-$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/package.mk
similarity index 70%
rename from packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta
rename to packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/package.mk
index 214022989e..329b47e7ba 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,33 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.tntnet.org/cxxtools.html"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tntnet.org/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="cxxtools: a collection of general-purpose C++ classes"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Cxxtools is a collection of general-purpose C++ classes"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-demos --with-atomictype=pthread --disable-unittest"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-demos --with-atomictype=pthread --disable-unittest"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+  CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
+  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
+
+post_makeinstall_host() {
+  rm -rf $TOOLCHAIN/bin/cxxtools-config
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/cxxtools-config
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+}