diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
index 4476274f91..5b71b6ae22 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ else
   BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE=$ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf
 fi
 
+# optimize for size
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O?|-Os|"`
+
 cd $BUILD/busybox*
 
 # Build Busybox for system
   make distclean
   cp $BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE .config
-  [ -n "$TIMEZONE" ] && sed -i -e 's/^# CONFIG_HWCLOCK .*$/CONFIG_HWCLOCK=yes/g' -e 's/^# CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS .*/CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS=yes/g' $BUSYBOX/.config
   make oldconfig
 
-  ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH make install
+  make ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH \
+       HOSTCC=$HOST_CC \
+       CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_PREFIX \
+       install
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/need_unpack b/packages/sysutils/busybox/need_unpack
deleted file mode 100755
index 08eb4d014b..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/need_unpack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options $1
-
-STAMP=$STAMPS/$1/unpack
-
-. $STAMP
-
-test $PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf -nt $STAMP && rm -f $STAMP
-# test $STAMP_DEVTOOLS != $DEVTOOLS && rm -f $STAMP
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/unpack b/packages/sysutils/busybox/unpack
deleted file mode 100755
index 15e0f94efc..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/unpack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options $1
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
-BUSYBOX=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`
-
-cat <<EOF >>$BUSYBOX/Makefile.custom
-HOSTCC = $HOST_CC
-CROSS_COMPILE = $TARGET_PREFIX
-CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -Os
-EOF