diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/build b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 0521eb0534..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +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
-
-CWD=`pwd`
-
-setup_toolchain host
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD/ncurses-host
-./configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-            --with-shared \
-
-make -C include
-make -C progs tic
-
-cp progs/tic $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
-cp lib/*.so* $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib
-make -C include install
-
-cd "$CWD"
-
-setup_toolchain target
-
-# causes some segmentation fault's (dialog) when compiled with gcc's link time optimization.
-  strip_linker_plugin
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --with-build-cc=$HOST_CC \
-            --with-build-cppflags="$HOST_CPPFLAGS -I../include" \
-            --with-build-cflags="$HOST_CFLAGS" \
-            --with-build-ldflags="$HOST_LDFLAGS" \
-            --without-cxx \
-            --without-cxx-binding \
-            --without-ada \
-            --without-progs \
-            --with-shared \
-            --with-normal \
-            --without-debug \
-            --without-profile \
-            --with-termlib \
-            --without-dbmalloc \
-            --without-dmalloc \
-            --without-gpm \
-            --disable-rpath \
-            --disable-overwrite \
-            --enable-database \
-            --disable-big-core \
-            --enable-termcap \
-            --enable-getcap \
-            --disable-getcap-cache \
-            --disable-bsdpad \
-            --without-rcs-ids \
-            --enable-ext-funcs \
-            --disable-const \
-            --enable-no-padding \
-            --disable-sigwinch \
-            --disable-tcap-names \
-            --without-develop \
-            --disable-hard-tabs \
-            --disable-xmc-glitch \
-            --disable-hashmap \
-            --disable-safe-sprintf \
-            --disable-scroll-hints \
-            --disable-widec \
-            --disable-echo \
-            --disable-warnings \
-            --disable-assertions
-
-make -C include
-make -C ncurses
-make -C panel
-make -C menu
-make -C form
-
-$AR cru lib/libncurses.a obj_s/*.o
-
-$MAKEINSTALL -C include
-$MAKEINSTALL -C ncurses
-$MAKEINSTALL -C panel
-$MAKEINSTALL -C menu
-$MAKEINSTALL -C form
-
-cp $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h \
-   $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/term.h \
-   $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/
-
-cp misc/ncurses-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
-  chmod +x $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
-  $SED "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" \
-    $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/install b/packages/devel/ncurses/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 883ff9b267..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +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 -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/libncurses.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/libtinfo.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-
-  if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ]; then
-    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/libpanel.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/libform.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/libmenu.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  fi
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/l
-    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe linux \
-      $PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/s
-    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe screen \
-      $PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/v
-    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe vt100 \
-      $PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/x
-    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe xterm \
-      $PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
-    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe xterm-color \
-      $PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/meta b/packages/devel/ncurses/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index c4081eab19..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="ncurses"
-PKG_VERSION="5.7"
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
-PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="devel"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="ncurses: The ncurses (new curses) library"
-PKG_LONGDESC="The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42a39a2649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="ncurses"
+PKG_VERSION="5.7"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses:host"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="devel"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="ncurses: The ncurses (new curses) library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses."
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+export BUILD_CC="$HOST_CC"
+export BUILD_CPPFLAGS="$HOST_CPPFLAGS -I../include"
+export BUILD_CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS"
+export BUILD_LDFLAGS="$HOST_LDFLAGS"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--with-shared"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-cxx \
+                           --without-cxx-binding \
+                           --without-ada \
+                           --without-progs \
+                           --with-shared \
+                           --with-normal \
+                           --without-debug \
+                           --without-profile \
+                           --with-termlib \
+                           --without-dbmalloc \
+                           --without-dmalloc \
+                           --without-gpm \
+                           --disable-rpath \
+                           --disable-overwrite \
+                           --enable-database \
+                           --disable-big-core \
+                           --enable-termcap \
+                           --enable-getcap \
+                           --disable-getcap-cache \
+                           --disable-bsdpad \
+                           --without-rcs-ids \
+                           --enable-ext-funcs \
+                           --disable-const \
+                           --enable-no-padding \
+                           --disable-sigwinch \
+                           --disable-tcap-names \
+                           --without-develop \
+                           --disable-hard-tabs \
+                           --disable-xmc-glitch \
+                           --disable-hashmap \
+                           --disable-safe-sprintf \
+                           --disable-scroll-hints \
+                           --disable-widec \
+                           --disable-echo \
+                           --disable-warnings \
+                           --disable-assertions"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # causes some segmentation fault's (dialog) when compiled with gcc's link time optimization.
+  strip_linker_plugin
+}
+
+make_host() {
+  make -C include
+  make -C progs tic
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  cp progs/tic $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+  cp lib/*.so* $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib
+  make -C include install
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  make -C include
+  make -C ncurses
+  make -C panel
+  make -C menu
+  make -C form
+
+  $AR cru lib/libncurses.a obj_s/*.o
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  $MAKEINSTALL -C include
+  $MAKEINSTALL -C ncurses
+  $MAKEINSTALL -C panel
+  $MAKEINSTALL -C menu
+  $MAKEINSTALL -C form
+
+  cp $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/curses.h \
+     $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses/term.h \
+     $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/
+
+  cp misc/ncurses-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    chmod +x $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
+    $SED "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
+
+  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C include install
+  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C ncurses install
+  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C panel install
+  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C menu install
+  make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C form install
+
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/l
+    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe linux \
+      $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
+
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/s
+    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe screen \
+      $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
+
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/v
+    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe vt100 \
+      $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
+
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo/x
+    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe xterm \
+      $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
+    TERMINFO=$INSTALL/usr/share/terminfo $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/tic -xe xterm-color \
+      $ROOT/$PKG_BUILD/misc/terminfo.src
+}
diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/unpack b/packages/devel/ncurses/unpack
deleted file mode 100755
index f46db0e637..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/unpack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +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 $1
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
-NCURSES_DIR=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`
-
-cp -r "$NCURSES_DIR" "$BUILD/ncurses-host" || rm -rf "$BUILD/ncurses-host"
-mv "$BUILD/ncurses-host" "$NCURSES_DIR"