diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/build b/packages/network/iptables/build
deleted file mode 100755
index d9a7117f47..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      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
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-shared \
-            --with-kernel="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" \
-
-make V=1
-
-$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/install b/packages/network/iptables/install
deleted file mode 100755
index e51de30702..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      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
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libxtables/.libs/libxtables.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libiptc/.libs/libip4tc.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libiptc/.libs/libip6tc.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libiptc/.libs/libiptc.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/libiptc.so*T
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/xtables
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/extensions/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/xtables
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/iptables/.libs/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/ip6tables
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/ip6tables-restore
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/ip6tables-save
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/iptables
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/iptables-restore
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/sbin/iptables-save
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-  ln -sf /usr/sbin/xtables-multi $INSTALL/usr/bin/iptables-xml
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/meta b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
similarity index 94%
rename from packages/network/iptables/meta
rename to packages/network/iptables/package.mk
index e57bc5b365..69e78419c1 100644
--- a/packages/network/iptables/meta
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/package.mk
@@ -26,11 +26,14 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.netfilter.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain linux"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="iptables: IP packet filter administration"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. There are several different tables which may be defined, and each table contains a number of built-in chains, and may contain user-defined chains."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--with-kernel=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+