diff --git a/cfg/alix/release b/cfg/alix/release
deleted file mode 100755
index aa1b5e5..0000000
--- a/cfg/alix/release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-build_release() {
-	local RELEASE_DIR="$1"
-
-	local ROOTFS_SQFS=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/rootfs-${CFG}/ -name '*.img')
-
-	local fname=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux/ -name 'vmlinuz*')
-	local linux_image=$(basename $fname)
-	local rootfs_image=$(basename $ROOTFS_SQFS)
-
-	cp -r "$fname" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-	cp "$ROOTFS_SQFS" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/install.sh" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/genimage.sh" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-	cp "/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-
-	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$RELEASE_DIR/install.sh"
-	sed -i 's/KERNELFILE/'$linux_image'/g' "$RELEASE_DIR/install.sh"
-
-	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$RELEASE_DIR/genimage.sh"
-	sed -i 's/KERNELFILE/'$linux_image'/g' "$RELEASE_DIR/genimage.sh"
-
-cat > "$RELEASE_DIR/syslinux.cfg" << _EOF
-timeout 0
-totaltimeout 50
-default linux
-label linux
- kernel /$linux_image
- append root=/dev/sda1 root_sfs=/$rootfs_image
-_EOF
-}
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/release b/cfg/rpi3/release
deleted file mode 100755
index e993ded..0000000
--- a/cfg/rpi3/release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-build_release() {
-	local RELEASE_DIR="$1"
-
-	local ROOTFS_SQFS=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/rootfs-${CFG}/ -name '*.img')
-
-	local rootfs_image=$(basename $ROOTFS_SQFS)
-	local bootdir="$RELEASE_DIR/boot"
-
-	mkdir -p "$bootdir"
-	cp -r ${PKGDEPLOYDIR}/linux-rpi3/* "$bootdir"
-	cp -r ${PKGDEPLOYDIR}/boot-rpi3/* "$bootdir"
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/cmdline.txt" "$bootdir"
-	cp "$ROOTFS_SQFS" "$bootdir"
-	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$bootdir/cmdline.txt"
-
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/install.sh" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/genimage.sh" "$RELEASE_DIR"
-}
diff --git a/mk.sh b/mk.sh
index 12e8fd1..d27041a 100755
--- a/mk.sh
+++ b/mk.sh
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ save_toolchain
 ############################### build packages ###############################
 echo "--- resolving package dependencies ---"
 
-cat "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/PACKAGES" | sort -u > "$BUILDROOT/$CFG/rawpkg"
-
+echo "release-${CFG}" > "$BUILDROOT/$CFG/rawpkg"
 dependencies "$BUILDROOT/$CFG/rawpkg" "$PACKAGELIST" "pkg"
 cat "$PACKAGELIST"
 
@@ -92,28 +91,3 @@ while read pkg; do
 	restore_toolchain
 done < "$PACKAGELIST"
 
-############################## release package ###############################
-
-echo "--- building release package ---"
-
-RELEASEDIR="$BUILDROOT/$CFG/release-$CFG"
-
-if [ -d "$RELEASEDIR" ]; then
-	rm -r "$RELEASEDIR"
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "$RELEASEDIR"
-
-unset -f build_release
-source "$SCRIPTDIR/cfg/$CFG/release"
-
-build_release "$RELEASEDIR"
-
-if [ -e "${BUILDROOT}/${CFG}/release-${CFG}.tar.gz" ]; then
-	rm "${BUILDROOT}/${CFG}/release-${CFG}.tar.gz"
-fi
-
-pushd "$BUILDROOT/$CFG" > /dev/null
-tar czf "${BUILDROOT}/${CFG}/release-${CFG}.tar.gz" "release-${CFG}"
-popd  > /dev/null
-
diff --git a/pkg/release-alix/build b/pkg/release-alix/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bb8cf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/release-alix/build
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+build() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+
+	local ROOTFS_SQFS=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/rootfs-${CFG}/ -name '*.img')
+
+	local fname=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux/ -name 'vmlinuz*')
+	local linux_image=$(basename $fname)
+	local rootfs_image=$(basename $ROOTFS_SQFS)
+
+	cp -r "$fname" "$BUILD"
+	cp "$ROOTFS_SQFS" "$BUILD"
+	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/release-${CFG}/install.sh" "$BUILD"
+	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/release-${CFG}/genimage.sh" "$BUILD"
+	cp "/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin" "$BUILD"
+
+	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$BUILD/install.sh"
+	sed -i 's/KERNELFILE/'$linux_image'/g' "$BUILD/install.sh"
+
+	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$BUILD/genimage.sh"
+	sed -i 's/KERNELFILE/'$linux_image'/g' "$BUILD/genimage.sh"
+
+cat > "$BUILD/syslinux.cfg" << _EOF
+timeout 0
+totaltimeout 50
+default linux
+label linux
+ kernel /$linux_image
+ append root=/dev/sda1 root_sfs=/$rootfs_image
+_EOF
+}
+
+deploy() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+
+	pushd "$PKGBUILDDIR" > /dev/null
+	tar czf "${DEPLOY}/release-${CFG}.tar.gz" "release-${CFG}"
+	popd > /dev/null
+}
diff --git a/cfg/alix/PACKAGES b/pkg/release-alix/depends
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/alix/PACKAGES
rename to pkg/release-alix/depends
diff --git a/cfg/alix/genimage.sh b/pkg/release-alix/genimage.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/alix/genimage.sh
rename to pkg/release-alix/genimage.sh
diff --git a/cfg/alix/install.sh b/pkg/release-alix/install.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/alix/install.sh
rename to pkg/release-alix/install.sh
diff --git a/pkg/release-rpi3/build b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..816f27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/release-rpi3/build
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+build() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+
+	local ROOTFS_SQFS=$(find $PKGDEPLOYDIR/rootfs-${CFG}/ -name '*.img')
+
+	local rootfs_image=$(basename $ROOTFS_SQFS)
+	local bootdir="$BUILD/boot"
+
+	mkdir -p "$bootdir"
+	cp -r ${PKGDEPLOYDIR}/linux-rpi3/* "$bootdir"
+	cp -r ${PKGDEPLOYDIR}/boot-rpi3/* "$bootdir"
+	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/release-${CFG}/cmdline.txt" "$bootdir"
+	cp "$ROOTFS_SQFS" "$bootdir"
+	sed -i 's/ROOTFSFILE/'$rootfs_image'/g' "$bootdir/cmdline.txt"
+
+	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/release-${CFG}/install.sh" "$BUILD"
+	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/release-${CFG}/genimage.sh" "$BUILD"
+}
+
+deploy() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+
+	pushd "$PKGBUILDDIR" > /dev/null
+	tar czf "${DEPLOY}/release-${CFG}.tar.gz" "release-${CFG}"
+	popd > /dev/null
+}
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/cmdline.txt b/pkg/release-rpi3/cmdline.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/rpi3/cmdline.txt
rename to pkg/release-rpi3/cmdline.txt
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/PACKAGES b/pkg/release-rpi3/depends
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/rpi3/PACKAGES
rename to pkg/release-rpi3/depends
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/genimage.sh b/pkg/release-rpi3/genimage.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/rpi3/genimage.sh
rename to pkg/release-rpi3/genimage.sh
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/install.sh b/pkg/release-rpi3/install.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from cfg/rpi3/install.sh
rename to pkg/release-rpi3/install.sh