diff --git a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/build b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/build
deleted file mode 100755
index dcbd9a12cd..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +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
-
-PYTHON_LIBDIR="`ls -d $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python*`"
-export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
-ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --without-gmp \
-            --without-mpir
-
-python setup.py build --cross-compile
-python setup.py install --root=./.install --prefix=/usr
-
-find ./.install -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
diff --git a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/install b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 609c4c6388..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +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
-
-cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/.install/* $INSTALL
diff --git a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/package.mk
similarity index 66%
rename from packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta
rename to packages/python/security/pycrypto/package.mk
index 162baaf571..2c3135cec2 100644
--- a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta
+++ b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,36 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/"
 PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python distutilscross:host"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="Python distutilscross:host"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/security"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="PyCrypto - The Python Cryptography Toolkit"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Python Cryptography Toolkit describes a package containing various cryptographic modules for the Python programming language"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
+                           ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
+                           --without-gmp --without-mpir"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  cd $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD
+  rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
+
+  export PYTHONXCPREFIX="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr"
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib"
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  python setup.py build --cross-compile
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  python setup.py install --root=$INSTALL --prefix=/usr
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  find $INSTALL/usr/lib -name "*.py" -exec rm -rf "{}" ";"
+}