diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/build b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/build
index 4345772d43..e29cf5d511 100755
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/build
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/build
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build libXi
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 $AUTORECONF
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/install b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/install
index 5b4008c9d9..540d5e65a3 100755
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/install
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/install
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install libXi
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/$XORG_PATH_MODULES/input
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/synaptics_drv.so $INSTALL/$XORG_PATH_MODULES/input
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/meta b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..112154ddf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="xf86-input-synaptics"
+PKG_VERSION="1.3.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.X.org"
+PKG_URL="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libXi"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libXi"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="x11/driver"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="xf86-input-synaptics: A (alternate) Synaptics touchpad X driver"
+PKG_LONGDESC="This package provides an (alternate) Synaptics touchpad driver."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/url b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/url
deleted file mode 100644
index a26d8bf795..0000000000
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/driver/xf86-input-synaptics-1.3.0.tar.bz2
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