diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/build b/packages/sysutils/grep/build
index a18b353899..c63dca2f86 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/grep/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/grep/build
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build pcre
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/install b/packages/sysutils/grep/install
index 218e9c6907..8643d6793f 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/grep/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/grep/install
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install pcre
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
   cp $PKG_BUILD/src/grep $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/meta b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e58f52b99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/grep/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="grep"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/"
+PKG_URL="ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/grep/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="pcre"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain pcre"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="grep: This is GNU grep, the fastest grep in the west"
+PKG_LONGDESC="GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about twice as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper search for a fixed string that eliminates impossible text from being considered by the full regexp matcher without necessarily having to look at every character. The result is typically many times faster than Unix grep or egrep."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/grep/url b/packages/sysutils/grep/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 5395ad54af..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/grep/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/grep/grep-2.7.tar.gz