diff --git a/packages/web/curl/build b/packages/web/curl/build
index 14cb7b9f33..0721cd0d6a 100755
--- a/packages/web/curl/build
+++ b/packages/web/curl/build
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build zlib
-$SCRIPTS/build openssl
-
 # link against librt because of undefined reference to 'clock_gettime'
   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lrt"
 
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/install b/packages/web/curl/install
index cda1621f31..7f7b5cd0af 100755
--- a/packages/web/curl/install
+++ b/packages/web/curl/install
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install zlib
-$SCRIPTS/install openssl
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/.libs/libcurl.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/meta b/packages/web/curl/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..030dcc4125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/web/curl/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="curl"
+PKG_VERSION="7.21.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="http://curl.haxx.se"
+PKG_URL=" http://curl.haxx.se/download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib openssl"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib openssl"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="web"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="curl: Client and library for (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, ...) transfers"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Curl is a client to get documents/files from or send documents to a server, using any of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE). The command is designed to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/web/curl/url b/packages/web/curl/url
deleted file mode 100644
index ae34b215cc..0000000000
--- a/packages/web/curl/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.20.1.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file