diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/build b/packages/network/avahi/build
index 71e7969a50..926526e32e 100755
--- a/packages/network/avahi/build
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/build
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build expat
-$SCRIPTS/build libdaemon
-$SCRIPTS/build dbus
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 py_cv_mod_gtk_=yes \
 py_cv_mod_dbus_=yes \
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/install b/packages/network/avahi/install
index 9e8a845170..cd67822ed4 100755
--- a/packages/network/avahi/install
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/install
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install expat
-$SCRIPTS/install libdaemon
-$SCRIPTS/install dbus
-$SCRIPTS/install connman
-
 add_user avahi x 495 495 "avahi-daemon" "/var/run/avahi-daemon" "/bin/sh"
 add_group avahi 495
 
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/meta b/packages/network/avahi/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c25fafd23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="avahi"
+PKG_VERSION="0.6.28"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://avahi.org/"
+PKG_URL="http://www.avahi.org/download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="expat libdaemon dbus connman"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain expat libdaemon dbus"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="network"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="avahi: A Zeroconf mDNS/DNS-SD responder"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Avahi is a framework for Multicast DNS Service Discovery (mDNS/DNS-SD a.k.a. Zeroconf) on Linux. It allows programs to publish and discover services running on a local network with no specific configuration. For example, you can plug into a network and instantly find printers to print to, files to look at, and people to talk to."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/url b/packages/network/avahi/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 7328ee7bb5..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/avahi/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://www.avahi.org/download/avahi-0.6.28.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file