diff --git a/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.sh b/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d6e4a81cc..000000000
--- a/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-VERSION=2.0.15
-TAR=https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-$VERSION.tar.gz
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(sdl2 liborbital llvm18 mesa freetype2 libpng zlib)
-
-function recipe_version {
-    echo "$VERSION"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_build {
-    sysroot="$(realpath ../sysroot)"
-    export CFLAGS="-I$sysroot/include"
-    export LDFLAGS="-L$sysroot/lib"
-    export SDL_LIBS="-lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lz -lm -lpthread -lstdc++"
-    ./autogen.sh
-    ./configure --prefix=/ --build=${BUILD} --host=${HOST} --enable-opengl --disable-shared --disable-sdltest
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" -j"$($NPROC)"
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_clean {
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" clean
-    skip=1
-}
-
-function recipe_stage {
-    dest="$(realpath $1)"
-    "$REDOX_MAKE" DESTDIR="$dest" install
-    rm -f "$dest/lib/"*.la
-    skip=1
-}
diff --git a/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8dec8c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/libs/sdl2-ttf/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[source]
+tar = "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15.tar.gz"
+blake3 = ""
+script = """
+./autogen.sh
+"""
+
+[build]
+dependencies = [
+    "freetype2",
+    "liborbital",
+    "libpng",
+    "llvm18",
+    "mesa",
+    "sdl2",
+    "zlib",
+]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+export SDL_LIBS="-lSDL2 -lorbital $("${PKG_CONFIG}" --libs osmesa) -lpng -lz -lm -lpthread -lstdc++"
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
+    --disable-sdltest
+    --enable-opengl
+)
+cookbook_configure
+"""