diff --git a/packages/devel/newt/build b/packages/devel/newt/build
index fd6bee44c3..d815da9ec9 100755
--- a/packages/devel/newt/build
+++ b/packages/devel/newt/build
@@ -32,5 +32,13 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --without-python \
             --without-tcl
 
-make
-$MAKEINSTALL
+make libnewt.a
+
+mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+  cp libnewt.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+
+mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+  cp libnewt.pc $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
+  cp newt.h $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
diff --git a/packages/devel/newt/install b/packages/devel/newt/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 4d035c084b..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/newt/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
-#
-#  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/lib/
-  cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/libnewt.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index d7f8ab0cd8..d14d41512b 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS newt elfutils Python"
-  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS newt elfutils Python"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS elfutils Python"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS newt slang elfutils Python"
 fi