diff --git a/config/path b/config/path
index ce072d6848..03dea3d271 100644
--- a/config/path
+++ b/config/path
@@ -59,79 +59,6 @@ INSTALL_INIT=$BUILD/image/initramfs/root-image
 MAKE="$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make"
 MAKEINSTALL="$TOOLCHAIN/bin/make -j1 DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX install"
 
-unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-# Don't use BUILD_WITH_DEBUG in "gloabl" package.mk - instead, call the function
-# build_with_debug() directly as the function depends on various package.mk
-# variables that will be in the process of being configured. Once package.mk is
-# fully sourced we can set this variable and use it in situations where we know the
-# package has already been sourced.
-unset BUILD_WITH_DEBUG
-
-# If the package caches are unset, then populate them
-init_package_cache
-
-# set package metadata
-reset_pkg_vars "$1"
-
-[ -n "$1" ] && PKG_DIR="$(get_pkg_directory $1)"
-
-if [ -n "$PKG_DIR" -a -r $PKG_DIR/package.mk ]; then
-  unset -f configure_package
-  . $PKG_DIR/package.mk
-  [ -z "$PKG_SHORTDESC" ] && PKG_SHORTDESC="$PKG_NAME (autogenerated)"
-  [ -z "$PKG_LONGDESC" ] &&  PKG_LONGDESC="$PKG_NAME (autogenerated)"
-fi
-
-if [ "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "yes" -o "$PKG_IS_ADDON" = "embedded" ] ; then
-  [ -z $PKG_SECTION ] && PKG_ADDON_ID="$PKG_NAME" || PKG_ADDON_ID="${PKG_SECTION//\//.}.$PKG_NAME"
-  [ "$PKG_ADDON_IS_STANDALONE" != "yes" ] && PKG_NEED_UNPACK="${PKG_NEED_UNPACK} $(get_pkg_directory $MEDIACENTER)"
-fi
-
-# Automatically set PKG_SOURCE_NAME unless it is already defined.
-# PKG_SOURCE_NAME will be automatically set to a name based on
-# the $PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION convention.
-#
-# Any $PKG_URL that references more than a single url will abort
-# the build as these are no longer supported - use mkpkg instead.
-if [ -n "$PKG_URL" -a -z "$PKG_SOURCE_NAME" ]; then
-  if [[ $PKG_URL =~ .*\ .* ]]; then
-    echo "Error - packages with multiple urls are no longer supported, use mkpkg:"
-    echo "$PKG_URL"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  if [[ ${PKG_URL} =~ .git$ || ${PKG_URL} =~ ^git:// ]]; then
-    PKG_SOURCE_NAME=${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}
-  elif [[ ${PKG_URL} =~ ^file:// ]]; then
-    PKG_SOURCE_NAME=${PKG_URL#file://}
-    # if no specific PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS then default to excluding .git and .svn as they can be huge
-    [ -z "${PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS+x}" ] && PKG_TAR_COPY_OPTS="--exclude=.git --exclude=.svn"
-  else
-    PKG_SOURCE_NAME="${PKG_URL##*/}"
-    case $PKG_SOURCE_NAME in
-      ${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.*)
-        PKG_SOURCE_NAME=$PKG_SOURCE_NAME
-        ;;
-      *.tar | *.tbz | *.tgz | *.txz | *.7z | *.zip)
-        PKG_SOURCE_NAME=${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.${PKG_SOURCE_NAME##*\.}
-        ;;
-      *.tar.bz2 | *.tar.gz | *.tar.xz)
-        PKG_SOURCE_NAME=${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.${PKG_SOURCE_NAME##*\.}
-        ;;
-      *.diff | *.patch | *.diff.bz2 | *.patch.bz2 | patch-*.bz2 | *.diff.gz | *.patch.gz | patch-*.gz)
-        PKG_SOURCE_NAME=$PKG_SOURCE_NAME
-        ;;
-      *)
-        PKG_SOURCE_NAME=${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.${PKG_SOURCE_NAME##*\.}
-        ;;
-    esac
-  fi
-fi
-
-PKG_BUILD="$BUILD/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}"
-
-build_with_debug && BUILD_WITH_DEBUG="yes" || BUILD_WITH_DEBUG="no"
-
 XORG_PATH_DRI=/usr/lib/dri
 XORG_PATH_XKB=/usr/share/X11/xkb
 XORG_PATH_XKB_OUTPUT=/var/lib/xkb
@@ -166,10 +93,7 @@ if [ -z "${SILENT_OUT}" -a -z "${VERBOSE_OUT}" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# If sourcing a package, configure any package variables dependent on variables we have set
-if [ -n "$PKG_DIR" -a -r $PKG_DIR/package.mk ]; then
-  pkg_call_optional configure_package
-fi
+unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # multilib? nah
 unset CONFIG_SITE