diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/build b/packages/network/ethtool/build
index 01f86c4d70..94378c7920 100755
--- a/packages/network/ethtool/build
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/build
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/meta b/packages/network/ethtool/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e29ffec9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="ethtool"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.35"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gkernel/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="network"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="ethtool: Display or change ethernet card settings"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Ethtool is used for querying settings of an ethernet device and changing them."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/url b/packages/network/ethtool/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 4df1bb236e..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/ethtool/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gkernel/ethtool/2.6.35/ethtool-2.6.35.tar.gz
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