diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
index 0a473e1f2..d0eea2f3e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/ncnn/recipe.toml
@@ -2,24 +2,9 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Tencent/ncnn"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "protobuf",
     "libvulkan",
     "opencv4",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
index 599fef2fe..7c163c021 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/netradiant/recipe.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.com/xonotic/netradiant"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "libxml2",
     "mesa",
@@ -11,18 +11,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libpng",
     "zlib",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
index 06ff823a1..c6f30839c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/opencascade/recipe.toml
@@ -3,24 +3,9 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/Open-Cascade-SAS/OCCT/archive/refs/tags/V7_8_0.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "freetype2",
     "tcl",
     "tk",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
index 7c90d4522..9458f8c3a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/protobuf/recipe.toml
@@ -7,14 +7,10 @@ rev = "74211c0dfc2777318ab53c2cd2c317a2ef9012de"
 shallow_clone = true
 
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
+cmakeflags = [
+    "-Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"
+]
 dependencies = [
     "zlib",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
-    -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-)
-cookbook_cmake
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
index 8c85c67e3..ae13a845f 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/renderdoc/recipe.toml
@@ -3,25 +3,10 @@
 git = "https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc"
 rev = "5f95fb95a2a225a092372e7bd0bfd2073525d3ac"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "libxcb",
     "mesa",
     "qt5-base",
     "pcre",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
index cbc9bb1e0..5d7877c85 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/shaderc/recipe.toml
@@ -3,19 +3,4 @@
 git = "https://github.com/google/shaderc"
 rev = "3882b16417077aa8eaa7b5775920e7ba4b8a224d"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-    COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
index ba91a50fa..0c3708fb0 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/souper/recipe.toml
@@ -2,19 +2,4 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/google/souper"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
index 35484489d..0eeb591e7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/other/zeal/recipe.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/zealdocs/zeal/releases/download/v0.7.0/zeal-0.7.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "qt6-base",
     "qt6-webengine",
@@ -10,18 +10,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "sqlite3",
     "mesa",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
index 9d42a8b07..3a7676181 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dev/performance/vkpeak/recipe.toml
@@ -2,22 +2,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/nihui/vkpeak"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "libvulkan",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
index c5f877728..0897f7381 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/cpu/unicorn/recipe.toml
@@ -3,19 +3,4 @@
 git = "https://github.com/unicorn-engine/unicorn"
 rev = "e9c1c17f6df8f8f5da85ee80ad527452db5870ce"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
+template = "cmake"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
index 46b747eaf..d9d881938 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nds/melonds/recipe.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 git = "https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS"
 rev = "430de6b2702bb93faa8c2004aff3fbd084db4a1e"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "curl",
     "libpcap",
@@ -15,18 +15,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libarchive",
     "zstd",
 ]
-script = """
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-static"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
index d99ca0044..67548418d 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/dolphin-emu/recipe.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "ffmpeg6",
     "libevdev",
@@ -18,20 +18,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libvulkan",
     "openal",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/lime3ds/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/lime3ds/recipe.toml
index a73772c3f..621331ec9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/lime3ds/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emulators/game-console/nintendo/lime3ds/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Lime3DS/Lime3DS"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "sdl2",
     "qt6-base",
@@ -13,20 +13,3 @@ dependencies = [
     "libxext",
     "pipewire",
 ]
-script = """
-DYNAMIC_INIT
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
-COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="${TARGET}-g++"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="${TARGET}-gcc"
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=Generic
-    -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
-    -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=On
-"${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
-)
-cookbook_configure
-"""