diff --git a/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/build b/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/build
deleted file mode 100755
index a913c6e315..0000000000
--- a/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-python setup.py install --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
diff --git a/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/meta b/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/package.mk
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/python/devel/distutilscross/meta
rename to packages/python/devel/distutilscross/package.mk
index b4905fcb8f..9d370fc9d8 100644
--- a/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/meta
+++ b/packages/python/devel/distutilscross/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://bitbucket.org/lambacck/distutilscross/"
 PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distutilscross/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python setuptools"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain Python setuptools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="distutilscross: Cross Compile Python Extensions"
 PKG_LONGDESC="distutilscross enhances distutils to support Cross Compile of Python extensions"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+make_host() {
+ : # nothing todo
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  python setup.py install --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN
+}
diff --git a/packages/python/graphics/Imaging/meta b/packages/python/graphics/Imaging/meta
index 394ff96e14..968b81c5ec 100644
--- a/packages/python/graphics/Imaging/meta
+++ b/packages/python/graphics/Imaging/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/"
 PKG_URL="http://effbot.org/media/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python zlib freetype"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross zlib freetype libjpeg-turbo"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host zlib freetype libjpeg-turbo"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pil: Imaging handling/processing for Python"
diff --git a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta
index 291935f688..162baaf571 100644
--- a/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta
+++ b/packages/python/security/pycrypto/meta
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/"
 PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="Python distutilscross"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Python distutilscross:host"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/security"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="PyCrypto - The Python Cryptography Toolkit"
diff --git a/packages/python/system/pyasn1-modules/meta b/packages/python/system/pyasn1-modules/meta
index f05c6dadd3..599d175a6c 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/pyasn1-modules/meta
+++ b/packages/python/system/pyasn1-modules/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyasn1/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/pyasn1/pyasn1-modules/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python pyasn1"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pyasn1-modules: a collection of protocols modules written in ASN.1 language."
diff --git a/packages/python/system/pyasn1/meta b/packages/python/system/pyasn1/meta
index c0700c9014..a738caf88c 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/pyasn1/meta
+++ b/packages/python/system/pyasn1/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyasn1/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/pyasn1/pyasn1-devel/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="pyasn1: ASN.1 types and codecs"
diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/meta b/packages/python/system/simplejson/meta
index e39d7927ea..a50ed63d60 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/meta
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson"
 PKG_URL="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/simplejson/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="simplejson: a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON <http://json.org> encoder and decoder for Python 2.5+."
diff --git a/packages/python/web/PyYAML/meta b/packages/python/web/PyYAML/meta
index b3c981208b..34c94dccf6 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/PyYAML/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/PyYAML/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://pyyaml.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://pyyaml.org/download/pyyaml/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python yaml"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross yaml"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host yaml"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="PyYAML: a next generation YAML parser and emitter for Python."
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedConch/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedConch/meta
index cc5f4cdd1a..878c6d0d5d 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedConch/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedConch/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Conch/11.0/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedCore pyasn1 pycrypto"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross TwistedCore"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host TwistedCore"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedConch: an SSHv2 implementation written in Python"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedCore/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedCore/meta
index 3e6c3aa702..0e7cd14a0a 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedCore/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedCore/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Core/11.0/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedCore: An event-based networking framework for Internet applications"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedNames/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedNames/meta
index da2a2d8ff1..60dcb58d07 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedNames/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedNames/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Names/11.0/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedCore"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross TwistedCore"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host TwistedCore"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedNames: Name resolution part of Twisted framework"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
index 7ec3739b15..5b32e700e3 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedWeb/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Web/11.0/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedCore"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross TwistedCore"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host TwistedCore"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedWeb: An event-based networking framework for Internet applications"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/TwistedWords/meta b/packages/python/web/TwistedWords/meta
index 44cec07e72..fd307700d8 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/TwistedWords/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/TwistedWords/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://twistedmatrix.com/"
 PKG_URL="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Words/11.0/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedCore"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross TwistedCore"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host TwistedCore"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="TwistedWords: An event-based networking framework for Internet applications"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/wokkel/meta b/packages/python/web/wokkel/meta
index 5cf07905d0..31e8d1db0c 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/wokkel/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/wokkel/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="free"
 PKG_SITE="http://wokkel.ik.nu/"
 PKG_URL="http://wokkel.ik.nu/releases/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python TwistedWords"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross TwistedWords"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host TwistedWords"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="wokkel: Wokkel is a Python module for experimenting with future enhancements to TwistedWords"
diff --git a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
index 3787c1b990..a822a2e021 100644
--- a/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
+++ b/packages/python/web/zope.interface/meta
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="Python"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain Python distutilscross:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="python/web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="zopeinterface: zope.interface package from Zope 3"