diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/build b/packages/print/freetype/build
index eb9f269280..2ca080c1c3 100755
--- a/packages/print/freetype/build
+++ b/packages/print/freetype/build
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build zlib
-
 # unset LIBTOOL because freetype uses its own
 unset LIBTOOL
 
diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/install b/packages/print/freetype/install
index 168de65dfa..2481f09e85 100755
--- a/packages/print/freetype/install
+++ b/packages/print/freetype/install
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install zlib
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/objs/.libs/libfreetype.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/meta b/packages/print/freetype/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c698a331dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/print/freetype/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="freetype"
+PKG_VERSION="2.4.3"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.freetype.org"
+PKG_URL="http://mirror.lihnidos.org/GNU/savannah/freetype/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="print"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="freetype: TrueType font rendering library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The FreeType engine is a free and portable TrueType font rendering engine. It has been developed to provide TT support to a great variety of platforms and environments."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/print/freetype/url b/packages/print/freetype/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 610c012b57..0000000000
--- a/packages/print/freetype/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://mirror.lihnidos.org/GNU/savannah/freetype/freetype-2.4.3.tar.bz2
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