diff --git a/packages/devel/googletest/package.mk b/packages/devel/googletest/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 4438b7ab76..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/googletest/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-# Copyright (C) 2024-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
-
-PKG_NAME="googletest"
-PKG_VERSION="1.14.0"
-PKG_SHA256="8ad598c73ad796e0d8280b082cebd82a630d73e73cd3c70057938a6501bba5d7"
-PKG_LICENSE="BSD-3-Clause"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/google/googletest"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host cmake:host"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Google Testing and Mocking Framework"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake-make"
diff --git a/packages/python/devel/ninja/package.mk b/packages/python/devel/ninja/package.mk
index 3da72c1b34..755650621a 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/ninja/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/devel/ninja/package.mk
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ PKG_SHA256="821bdff48a3f683bc4bb3b6f0b5fe7b2d647cf65d52aeb63328c91a6c6df285a"
 PKG_LICENSE="Apache"
 PKG_SITE="https://ninja-build.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python3:host googletest:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python3:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Small build system with a focus on speed"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake-make"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
+
+make_host() {
+  python3 ../configure.py --bootstrap
+}
 
 makeinstall_host() {
   mkdir -p ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin