diff --git a/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.16-makedoc-hostcc.patch b/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.16-makedoc-hostcc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de5cc2db3e..0000000000
--- a/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.16-makedoc-hostcc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
---- mutt-1.5.16.oorig/Makefile.in	2007-09-02 22:16:23.000000000 +0200
-+++ mutt-1.5.16/Makefile.in	2007-09-02 22:19:49.000000000 +0200
-@@ -164,12 +164,6 @@
- DBX = @DBX@
- DEBUGGER = @DEBUGGER@
- 
--# $(makedoc_OBJECTS): $(makedoc_SOURCES)
--# 	$(HOST_CC) $(DEFS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) -c $<
--
--# makedoc: $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_DEPENDENCIES)
--# 	@rm -rf makedoc
--# 	$(HOST_CC) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_LDADD) -o makedoc
- DEFS = -DPKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" \
- 	-DBINDIR=\"$(bindir)\" -DMUTTLOCALEDIR=\"$(datadir)/locale\" \
- 	-DHAVE_CONFIG_H=1
-@@ -447,9 +441,15 @@
- 
- clean-binPROGRAMS:
- 	-test -z "$(bin_PROGRAMS)" || rm -f $(bin_PROGRAMS)
-+
-+$(makedoc_OBJECTS): $(makedoc_SOURCES)
-+	$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -DHAVE_UNISTD_H -DHAVE_GETOPT_H -DHAVE_STRERROR -c $< ;#$(DEFS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) -c $<
-+#makedoc: $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_DEPENDENCIES)
-+#	@rm -rf makedoc
-+#	$(CC_FOR_BUILD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_LDADD) -o makedoc
- makedoc$(EXEEXT): $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_DEPENDENCIES) 
- 	@rm -f makedoc$(EXEEXT)
--	$(LINK) $(makedoc_LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_LDADD) $(LIBS)
-+	$(CC_FOR_BUILD) $(makedoc_LDFLAGS) $(makedoc_OBJECTS) $(makedoc_LDADD) $(LIBS) -o $@
- mutt$(EXEEXT): $(mutt_OBJECTS) $(mutt_DEPENDENCIES) 
- 	@rm -f mutt$(EXEEXT)
- 	$(LINK) $(mutt_LDFLAGS) $(mutt_OBJECTS) $(mutt_LDADD) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.17+20080114-nodoc.patch b/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.17+20080114-nodoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fd556dcbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mutt/mutt-1.5.17+20080114-nodoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Disable the documentation build
+
+The documentation tool is compiled for the target, but executed on the
+host. We don't bother fixing this, as we don't care of the
+documentation in Buildroot.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+Index: mutt-1.5.17+20080114/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- mutt-1.5.17+20080114.orig/Makefile.am	2010-05-15 18:15:08.000000000 +0200
++++ mutt-1.5.17+20080114/Makefile.am	2010-05-15 18:15:17.000000000 +0200
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ IMAP_INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/imap
+ endif
+ 
+-SUBDIRS = m4 po intl doc contrib $(IMAP_SUBDIR)
++SUBDIRS = m4 po intl contrib $(IMAP_SUBDIR)
+ 
+ bin_SCRIPTS = muttbug flea @SMIMEAUX_TARGET@
+ 
diff --git a/package/mutt/mutt.mk b/package/mutt/mutt.mk
index 3ad0f2f43e..d021aef821 100644
--- a/package/mutt/mutt.mk
+++ b/package/mutt/mutt.mk
@@ -7,70 +7,19 @@ MUTT_VERSION:=1.5.17+20080114
 MUTT_SOURCE:=mutt_$(MUTT_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
 MUTT_PATCH:=mutt_$(MUTT_VERSION)-1.diff.gz
 MUTT_SITE:=$(BR2_DEBIAN_MIRROR)/debian/pool/main/m/mutt/
-MUTT_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/mutt-$(MUTT_VERSION)
-MUTT_CAT:=$(ZCAT)
-MUTT_BINARY:=mutt
-MUTT_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/bin/mutt
-
-$(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_SOURCE):
-	$(call DOWNLOAD,$(MUTT_SITE),$(MUTT_SOURCE))
-
-$(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_PATCH):
-	$(call DOWNLOAD,$(MUTT_SITE),$(MUTT_PATCH))
-
-$(MUTT_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_PATCH)
-	$(MUTT_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
-	toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(MUTT_DIR) package/mutt/ mutt-$(MUTT_VERSION)\*.patch
-ifneq ($(MUTT_PATCH),)
-	(cd $(MUTT_DIR) && $(MUTT_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_PATCH) | patch -p1)
-	if [ -d $(MUTT_DIR)/debian/patches ]; then \
-		toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(MUTT_DIR) $(MUTT_DIR)/debian/patches \*.patch; \
-	fi
-endif
-	touch $@
-
-$(MUTT_DIR)/.configured: $(MUTT_DIR)/.unpacked
-	(cd $(MUTT_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
-		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
-		./configure $(QUIET) \
-		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-		--prefix=/usr \
-		$(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
-		$(DISABLE_IPV6) \
-		$(DISABLE_NLS) \
+MUTT_DEPENDENCIES=ncurses
+MUTT_CONF_OPT = \
 		--disable-smtp \
 		--disable-iconv \
-		--without-wc-funcs \
-	)
-	touch $@
+		--without-wc-funcs
+MUTT_AUTORECONF=YES
 
-$(MUTT_DIR)/$(MUTT_BINARY): $(MUTT_DIR)/.configured
-	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(MUTT_DIR)
+define MUTT_APPLY_DEBIAN_PATCHES
+        if [ -d $(@D)/debian/patches ]; then \
+                toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(@D) $(@D)/debian/patches \*.patch; \
+        fi
+endef
 
-$(TARGET_DIR)/$(MUTT_TARGET_BINARY): $(MUTT_DIR)/$(MUTT_BINARY)
-	cp -dpf $(MUTT_DIR)/$(MUTT_BINARY) $@
-	$(STRIPCMD) $(STRIP_STRIP_ALL) $@
+MUTT_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += MUTT_APPLY_DEBIAN_PATCHES
 
-mutt-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_SOURCE) $(DL_DIR)/$(MUTT_PATCH)
-
-mutt-unpacked: $(MUTT_DIR)/.unpacked
-
-mutt: ncurses $(TARGET_DIR)/$(MUTT_TARGET_BINARY)
-
-mutt-clean:
-	-$(MAKE) -C $(MUTT_DIR) clean
-	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/$(MUTT_TARGET_BINARY)
-
-mutt-dirclean:
-	rm -rf $(MUTT_DIR)
-#############################################################
-#
-# Toplevel Makefile options
-#
-#############################################################
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MUTT),y)
-TARGETS+=mutt
-endif
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,mutt))
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