diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/build b/packages/multimedia/libass/build
index c9cce4f367..186f78693d 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/build
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build freetype
-$SCRIPTS/build fontconfig
-$SCRIPTS/build enca
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/install b/packages/multimedia/libass/install
index e5dd9e345b..fcc3d9e029 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/install
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/install
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install freetype
-$SCRIPTS/install fontconfig
-$SCRIPTS/install enca
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libass/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/meta b/packages/multimedia/libass/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b001d41ecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/libass/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="libass"
+PKG_VERSION="0.9.11"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="http://code.google.com/p/libass/"
+PKG_URL="http://libass.googlecode.com/files/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="freetype fontconfig enca"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain freetype fontconfig enca"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libass: a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format."
+PKG_LONGDESC="libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format. It is mostly compatible with VSFilter"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/libass/url b/packages/multimedia/libass/url
deleted file mode 100644
index b8b3555b77..0000000000
--- a/packages/multimedia/libass/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://libass.googlecode.com/files/libass-0.9.11.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file