diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
index 4874062678..83955e1786 100644
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/package.mk
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-cxx \
                            --with-normal \
                            --without-debug \
                            --without-profile \
-                           --with-termlib \
+                           --without-termlib \
                            --without-dbmalloc \
                            --without-dmalloc \
                            --without-gpm \
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-cxx \
                            --disable-widec \
                            --disable-echo \
                            --disable-warnings \
+                           --disable-home-terminfo \
                            --disable-assertions"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ makeinstall_target() {
     $SED "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
 
   make DESTDIR=$INSTALL -C ncurses install
+  # provide tinfo to not break 3rdparty stuff.
+  # TODO remove after addon bump
+  ln -sf libncurses.so.5 $INSTALL/usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5
 }
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
diff --git a/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk b/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
index 0211474de9..e525c54afd 100644
--- a/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-nls \
                            --disable-tailbox"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
-  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
   export NCURSES_CONFIG="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config"
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/nano/package.mk b/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
index 8c65b49397..d7916fe54d 100644
--- a/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/nano/package.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/ncurses"
 export LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/nano/man-html