diff --git a/packages/devel/newt/meta b/packages/devel/newt/meta
index b25be350ba..15c507b596 100644
--- a/packages/devel/newt/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/newt/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://fedorahosted.org/newt/"
 PKG_URL="https://fedorahosted.org/releases/n/e/newt/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="popt"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain popt slang"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
diff --git a/packages/devel/popt/build b/packages/devel/popt/build
index 9455093226..f85f4caffd 100755
--- a/packages/devel/popt/build
+++ b/packages/devel/popt/build
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --exec-prefix=/usr \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --datadir=/usr/share \
-            --enable-shared \
-            --disable-static \
+            --disable-shared \
+            --enable-static \
 
 make
 $MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/devel/popt/install b/packages/devel/popt/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 880d16ecd4..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/popt/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
-#
-#  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/.libs/libpopt.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/