diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib-host/build b/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
index bb37eaa29e..5a31f9905e 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib-host/build
@@ -28,14 +28,9 @@ setup_toolchain host
 
 cd $BUILD/zlib-*
 
-# needed for building with cmake
-  rm -rf zconf.h
+cd zlib-host
 
-mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
-      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
-      ..
+./configure --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
 
 make
 make install
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib-host/meta b/packages/compress/zlib-host/meta
index aca8853b54..0c039c36e3 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib-host/meta
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib-host/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL=""
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache cmake"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="compress"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="zlib: A general purpose (ZIP) data compression library"
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/build b/packages/compress/zlib/build
index 4b44b2b650..92303b6af0 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/build
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/build
@@ -24,14 +24,8 @@
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
-# needed for building with cmake
-  rm -rf zconf.h
-
-mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
-
-cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
-      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-      ..
+./configure --prefix=/usr
 
 make
+
 $MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/install b/packages/compress/zlib/install
index e281394a2b..afe2733c0a 100755
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/install
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/install
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/.build-target/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -R $PKG_BUILD/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/meta b/packages/compress/zlib/meta
index 9881372fa3..0b8d75061e 100644
--- a/packages/compress/zlib/meta
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.zlib.net"
 PKG_URL="http://www.zlib.net/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain cmake"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="compress"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="zlib: A general purpose (ZIP) data compression library"
diff --git a/packages/compress/zlib/unpack b/packages/compress/zlib/unpack
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..85da904707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compress/zlib/unpack
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2011 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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+ZLIB_DIR=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`
+
+cp -r "$ZLIB_DIR" "$BUILD/zlib-host" || rm -rf "$BUILD/zlib-host"
+mv "$BUILD/zlib-host" "$ZLIB_DIR"
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/compress/zlib-initramfs/install b/packages/initramfs/compress/zlib-initramfs/install
index a6b4c723e0..6c59423c48 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/compress/zlib-initramfs/install
+++ b/packages/initramfs/compress/zlib-initramfs/install
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 ZLIB_DIR="$BUILD/zlib-*"
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib
-  cp -R $ZLIB_DIR/.build-target/*.so* $INSTALL/lib
+  cp -R $ZLIB_DIR/*.so* $INSTALL/lib