diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/meta b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
similarity index 81%
rename from packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/meta
rename to packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
index 0259d75c95..2f9e7c6730 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/autoconf-archive/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,22 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="autoconf-archive: macros for autoconf"
 PKG_LONGDESC="autoconf-archive is an package of m4 macros"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--target=$TARGET_NAME --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN"
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+# make install
+  make prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr install
+
+# remove problematic m4 file
+  rm -rf $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/aclocal/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
+}
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a65ae6d5d..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/autoconf-archive/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-setup_toolchain host
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-./configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --target=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-
-make
-
-# make install
-  make prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr install
-
-# remove problematic m4 file
-  rm -rf $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/share/aclocal/ax_prog_cc_for_build.m4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/meta
index 4bf67157fb..8ef1fe205e 100644
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/meta
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache:host autoconf automake libtool:host intltool autoconf-archive"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache:host autoconf automake libtool:host intltool autoconf-archive:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="autotools: Metapackage"