diff --git a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a661ddc..000000000
--- a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(sdl2-image sdl2-mixer sdl2-ttf sdl2 liborbital llvm18 mesa freetype2 libjpeg libpng libogg libvorbis zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    printf "1.0.0"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_prepare {
-    rm -rf source
-    mkdir source
-    cp gears.c source
-    mkdir source/assets
-    cp assets/* source/assets
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    set -x
-    "${CXX}" -O2 -I "$sysroot/include" -L "$sysroot/lib" gears.c -o sdl2_gears -dynamic -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lfreetype -lpng -ljpeg -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lz
-    set +x
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    echo "skipping clean"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
-    mkdir -pv "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets"
-    cp -v "sdl2_gears" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/sdl2_gears"
-    cp -v "assets/image.png" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/image.png"
-    cp -v "assets/music.wav" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/music.wav"
-    cp -v "assets/font.ttf" "$dest/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets/font.ttf"
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..491270669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/demos/sdl2-gears/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "sdl2-image",
+    "sdl2-mixer",
+    "sdl2-ttf",
+    "sdl2",
+    "liborbital",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "freetype2",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "libpng",
+    "libogg",
+    "libvorbis",
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+cp "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/../gears.c" ./gears.c
+rsync -av --delete --exclude='.git' "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/../assets" ./assets
+"${CXX}" -O2 -I "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include" -L "${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib" gears.c -o sdl2_gears -dynamic -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lfreetype -lpng -ljpeg -lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg -lz
+rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
+mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears"
+cp -v "sdl2_gears" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears/sdl2_gears"
+cp -rv "assets" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/games/sdl2_gears/assets"
+"""