diff --git a/packages/devel/readline-host/build b/packages/devel/readline-host/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 937fc5ed8c..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/readline-host/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-$SCRIPTS/unpack readline
-
-setup_toolchain host
-
-cd $BUILD/readline-*
-mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
-             --build=$HOST_NAME \
-             --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-
-make
-make install
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline-host/meta b/packages/devel/readline-host/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index dee137bbd9..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/readline-host/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="readline-host"
-PKG_VERSION=""
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/readline"
-PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="devel"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="readline: The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in."
-PKG_LONGDESC="The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/build b/packages/devel/readline/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 784a6c775d..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/readline/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
-../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-             --build=$HOST_NAME \
-             --prefix=/usr \
-             --exec-prefix=/usr \
-             --sysconfdir=/etc \
-             --datadir=/usr/share \
-             --enable-shared \
-             --disable-static \
-             --with-curses \
-             --without-purify
-
-make
-
-$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/install b/packages/devel/readline/install
deleted file mode 100755
index c9aaf70f03..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/readline/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.build-target/shlib/libreadline.so.6.2 $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    ln -sf /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6.2 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libreadline.so.6
-    ln -sf /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libreadline.so
-
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.build-target/shlib/libhistory.so.6.2 $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    ln -sf /usr/lib/libhistory.so.6.2 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libhistory.so.6
-    ln -sf /usr/lib/libhistory.so.6 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libhistory.so
diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/meta b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/devel/readline/meta
rename to packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 8bb7b91238..68df1054b7 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/readline"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="readline: The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in."
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by ap
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+#PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-curses --without-purify"