diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/build b/packages/devel/boost/build
index e76f88bb28..6d232ad097 100755
--- a/packages/devel/boost/build
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/build
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build boost-jam
-$SCRIPTS/build Python
-$SCRIPTS/build zlib
-$SCRIPTS/build bzip2
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 sh bootstrap.sh \
      --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/install b/packages/devel/boost/install
index bb41ea7784..79848cbb7b 100755
--- a/packages/devel/boost/install
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/install
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install zlib
-$SCRIPTS/install bzip2
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/bin.v2/libs/*/build/*/release/*/*.so.* $INSTALL/usr/lib
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ecf19feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="boost"
+PKG_VERSION="1_44_0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.44.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib bzip2"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost-jam Python zlib bzip2"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="devel"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="boost: Peer-reviewed STL style libraries for C++"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. One goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Some of the libraries have already been proposed for inclusion in the C++ Standards Committee's upcoming C++ Standard Library Technical Report."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/url b/packages/devel/boost/url
deleted file mode 100644
index aeec0d2fbd..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/boost/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.44.0/boost_1_44_0.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file