diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/install b/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
index 3cd5b33e0f..8786c86b01 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ USER_PWD="`$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/cryptpw -m sha512 $USER_PASSWORD`"
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/lsb_release $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/apt-get $INSTALL/usr/bin/
     ln -sf /bin/busybox $INSTALL/usr/bin/env          #/usr/bin/env is needed for most python scripts
+    cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin/
+    ln -sf pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin/paste
 
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/sbin
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/init $INSTALL/sbin/
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index bdbe49cd55..51f0927db7 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="bash kexec-tools hdparm speedcontrol pastebinit zip pciutils usbutils"
+PKG_DEPENDS="bash kexec-tools hdparm speedcontrol zip pciutils usbutils"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/tools/pastebinit/install b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/pastebinit
similarity index 79%
rename from packages/tools/pastebinit/install
rename to packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/pastebinit
index 86d71f0964..94a09d1142 100755
--- a/packages/tools/pastebinit/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/scripts/pastebinit
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
 
-. config/options $1
+#
+# wrapper for curl, posting to the sprunge.us pastebin
+# reads from stdin if called without an argument
+#
 
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/pastebin.d
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/pastebin.d/sprunge.us.conf $INSTALL/etc/pastebin.d
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin
-  ln -sf pastebinit $INSTALL/usr/bin/paste      # link for a shorter command
+cat "$@" | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us
diff --git a/packages/tools/pastebinit/meta b/packages/tools/pastebinit/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index a8d3a1f098..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/pastebinit/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="pastebinit"
-PKG_VERSION="1.3.1"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://launchpad.net/pastebinit"
-PKG_URL="http://launchpad.net/pastebinit/trunk/$PKG_VERSION/+download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python simplejson configobj"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="tools"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="pastebinit: Upload Directly to Pastebin from the Linux Shell"
-PKG_LONGDESC="pastebinit is a tool for Uploading Directly to Pastebin from the Linux Shell"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/tools/pastebinit/patches/pastebinit-1.3.1-01-change_default_pastebin.patch b/packages/tools/pastebinit/patches/pastebinit-1.3.1-01-change_default_pastebin.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e64d5c9ab0..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/pastebinit/patches/pastebinit-1.3.1-01-change_default_pastebin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur pastebinit-1.3/pastebinit pastebinit-1.3.patch/pastebinit
---- pastebinit-1.3/pastebinit	2012-02-15 22:14:22.000000000 +0100
-+++ pastebinit-1.3.patch/pastebinit	2012-05-07 03:40:49.119612858 +0200
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
- # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
- 
--defaultPB = "http://pastebin.com" #Default pastebin
-+defaultPB = "http://sprunge.us" #Default pastebin
- try:
-     import lsb_release
-     release = lsb_release.get_distro_information()['ID'].lower()