diff --git a/devel/meson/Makefile b/devel/meson/Makefile
index 64b31436b..5a17af5d3 100644
--- a/devel/meson/Makefile
+++ b/devel/meson/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
-HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=ninja/host
-
 include ../../lang/python/pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/devel/meson/meson.mk b/devel/meson/meson.mk
index 400f2f193..c1fa78d75 100644
--- a/devel/meson/meson.mk
+++ b/devel/meson/meson.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 # MESON_HOST_ARGS+=-Dfoo -Dbar=baz
 # MESON_HOST_VARS+=FOO=bar
 
-include $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))/../../devel/ninja/ninja.mk
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL ?= 1
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL ?= 1
 
 MESON_DIR:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/lib/meson
 
@@ -105,15 +106,15 @@ define Host/Configure/Meson
 endef
 
 define Host/Compile/Meson
-	$(call Ninja,-C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR),)
+	+$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) $(1)
 endef
 
 define Host/Install/Meson
-	$(call Ninja,-C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) install,)
+	+$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
 endef
 
 define Host/Uninstall/Meson
-	-$(call Ninja,-C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) uninstall,)
+	+$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_HOST_BUILD_DIR) uninstall
 endef
 
 define Build/Configure/Meson
@@ -130,11 +131,11 @@ define Build/Configure/Meson
 endef
 
 define Build/Compile/Meson
-	$(call Ninja,-C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR),)
+	+$(NINJA) -C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) $(1)
 endef
 
 define Build/Install/Meson
-	$(call Ninja,-C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) install,DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)")
+	+DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" $(NINJA) -C $(MESON_BUILD_DIR) install
 endef
 
 Host/Configure=$(call Host/Configure/Meson)
diff --git a/devel/ninja/Makefile b/devel/ninja/Makefile
index 96181cb87..f2ea423fd 100644
--- a/devel/ninja/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ninja/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ninja
 PKG_VERSION:=1.10.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/ninja-build/ninja/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
@@ -12,38 +12,13 @@ PKG_MAINTAINER:=Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=ninja/host
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
-include ./ninja.mk
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS:=
 ifneq ($(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--verbose
 endif
 
-define Host/Configure
-endef
-
-define Host/Compile
-	cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) && \
-		CXX="$(HOSTCXX)" \
-		CXXFLAGS="$(HOST_CXXFLAGS) $(HOST_CPPFLAGS)" \
-		LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
-		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(PYTHON) configure.py --bootstrap $(CONFIGURE_ARGS)
-endef
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/ninja $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/
-endef
-
-define Host/Clean
-	$(call Host/Clean/Default)
-	rm -f $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/ninja
-endef
-
 define Package/ninja
   SECTION:=devel
   CATEGORY:=Development
@@ -70,8 +45,7 @@ define Build/Configure
 endef
 
 define Build/Compile
-	$(call Ninja,-C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR),)
+	+$(NINJA) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) $(1)
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,ninja))
diff --git a/devel/ninja/ninja.mk b/devel/ninja/ninja.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 3be870141..000000000
--- a/devel/ninja/ninja.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# To execute ninja from you package's Makefile:
-#
-# include ../../devel/ninja/ninja.mk
-#
-# define Build/Compile
-#   $(call Ninja,-C $(MY_NINJA_BUILD_DIR),$(MY_NINJA_ENV_VARS))
-# endef
-
-HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS += ninja/host
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS += ninja/host
-
-NINJA_ARGS:=$(filter -j%,$(filter-out -j,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
-ifneq ($(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),)
-  NINJA_ARGS+=-v
-endif
-
-define Ninja
-	$(2) $(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin/ninja $(NINJA_ARGS) $(1)
-endef