diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template b/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d7e7d203cd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'readline-devel'.
-#
-depends="ncurses-devel readline>=${version}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
-
-do_install() {
-	vmove usr/include usr
-	vmove usr/share usr
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index 28196c04550..e13fc3bbbff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ version=${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}
 revision=3
 #version=${_dist_ver}
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-static --with-curses --enable-multibyte"
 make_build_args="SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses"
@@ -38,3 +37,20 @@ pre_configure() {
 	done
 	sed -i 's|-Wl,-rpath,$(libdir) ||g' support/shobj-conf
 }
+
+readline-devel_package() {
+	depends="ncurses-devel readline>=${version}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include usr
+		vmove usr/share usr
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
+	}
+}
+
+readline_package() {
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "*"
+	}
+}