diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
index fd91741bcf..da76952f1a 100755
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build freetype
-$SCRIPTS/build libxml2
-$SCRIPTS/build zlib
-
 # ensure we dont use '-O3' optimization.
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-O2|"`
   CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-O2|"`
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/install b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/install
index 4021d2c9c4..bb4526d9b8 100755
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/install
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/install
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install zlib
-$SCRIPTS/install freetype
-$SCRIPTS/install libxml2
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/src/.libs/libfontconfig.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
 
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f21ff503c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="fontconfig"
+PKG_VERSION="2.8.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.fontconfig.org"
+PKG_URL="http://fontconfig.org/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="freetype libxml2 zlib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain freetype libxml2 zlib"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="x11/other"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="fontconfig: A library for font customization and configuration"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Fontconfig is a library for font customization and configuration."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/url b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 307a703f05..0000000000
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://fontconfig.org/release/fontconfig-2.8.0.tar.gz
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