diff --git a/package/ninja/ninja.mk b/package/ninja/ninja.mk
index 0d9426d1f4..060893d85f 100644
--- a/package/ninja/ninja.mk
+++ b/package/ninja/ninja.mk
@@ -9,19 +9,8 @@ NINJA_SITE = $(call github,ninja-build,ninja,v$(NINJA_VERSION))
 NINJA_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 NINJA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-# Although Ninja supports both Python2 and Python3, we enforce Python3
-# on the host for the following reason: Meson is the only package
-# using Ninja so far and Meson requires Python3. In this way, we
-# prevent both Python2 and Python3 from being created on the host,
-# which is time consuming and without benefit.
-HOST_NINJA_DEPENDENCIES = host-python3
-
-define HOST_NINJA_BUILD_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3 configure.py --bootstrap)
-endef
-
 define HOST_NINJA_INSTALL_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/ninja $(HOST_DIR)/bin/ninja
 endef
 
-$(eval $(host-generic-package))
+$(eval $(host-cmake-package))