diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 0cc8c47eb4..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
-            --exec-prefix=/usr \
-            --localstatedir=/var \
-            --sysconfdir=/etc \
-
-make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install
deleted file mode 100755
index bf92e2d891..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/src/eventlircd $INSTALL/usr/sbin
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/lib/udev
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/lircd_helper $INSTALL/lib/udev
-  chmod +x $INSTALL/lib/udev/lircd_helper
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/udev/wakeup_enable $INSTALL/lib/udev
-  chmod +x $INSTALL/lib/udev/wakeup_enable
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
-  cp $PKG_DIR/evmap/*.evmap $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/package.mk
similarity index 84%
rename from packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
rename to packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/package.mk
index 79b9f2fac7..8d9e65438b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/package.mk
@@ -26,11 +26,21 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/eventlircd"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="systemd lirc"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain systemd"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain systemd"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system/remote"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="eventlircd:The eventlircd daemon provides various functions for LIRC devices"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The eventlircd daemon provides four functions for LIRC devices"
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+# install our own evmap files and udev rules
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/lib/udev/rules.d
+
+  mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
+    cp $PKG_DIR/evmap/*.evmap $INSTALL/etc/eventlircd.d
+}
+