diff --git a/packages/devel/flex/build b/packages/devel/flex/build
index 9623c10fd4..80bd29d168 100755
--- a/packages/devel/flex/build
+++ b/packages/devel/flex/build
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
 ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
diff --git a/packages/devel/flex/meta b/packages/devel/flex/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c27f8d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/flex/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="flex"
+PKG_VERSION="2.5.35"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://flex.sourceforge.net/"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/flex/flex/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="devel"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="flex: Fast lexical analyzer generator"
+PKG_LONGDESC="flex is a tool for generating programs that perform pattern-matching on text."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
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diff --git a/packages/devel/flex/url b/packages/devel/flex/url
deleted file mode 100644
index f7c8616569..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/flex/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/flex/flex/flex-2.5.35/flex-2.5.35.tar.bz2
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