diff --git a/packages/devel/libftdi/build b/packages/devel/libftdi/build
index df5f94e13e..fe1fabaaf0 100755
--- a/packages/devel/libftdi/build
+++ b/packages/devel/libftdi/build
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ LIBS="-lusb" \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
+            --disable-shared \
+            --enable-static \
             --disable-libftdipp \
             --disable-python-binding \
             --without-examples \
+            --without-docs
 
 make
 $MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/devel/libftdi/install b/packages/devel/libftdi/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 17c0b6a02a..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/libftdi/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +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
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/libftdi.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
index 4c4b719e7c..e6b87a63cf 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lcdproc/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://lcdproc.org/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/lcdproc/lcdproc/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="libusb libftdi"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libusb"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libusb libhid libftdi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/tools/flashrom/meta b/packages/tools/flashrom/meta
index 4bb767e51e..c279c4b283 100644
--- a/packages/tools/flashrom/meta
+++ b/packages/tools/flashrom/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.flashrom.org"
 PKG_URL="http://download.flashrom.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib pciutils libftdi"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib pciutils"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib pciutils libftdi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="tools"