diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimath/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimath/recipe.toml
index 6462725c..9d9b8879 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimath/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimath/recipe.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://imath.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#linux-macos
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://imath.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#linux-macos
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath"
 rev = "d690a3fcff4e877ead5ae56c7e964595ade8a35e"
 [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/libs/other/libimmer/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimmer/recipe.toml
index 4f665fea..aed3fe1e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimmer/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libimmer/recipe.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/arximboldi/immer#usage
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/arximboldi/immer#usage
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/arximboldi/immer"
 rev = "5875f7739a6c642ad58cbedadb509c86d421217e"
 [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/libs/other/libjasper/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libjasper/recipe.toml
index 6b1b8e72..bcdf1a65 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libjasper/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libjasper/recipe.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/jasper-software/jasper/blob/master/INSTALL.txt
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/jasper-software/jasper/blob/master/INSTALL.txt
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/jasper-software/jasper/releases/download/version-4.1.1/jasper-4.1.1.tar.gz"
 [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/libs/other/libkdcraw/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkdcraw/recipe.toml
index c551a1f4..ea4789c8 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkdcraw/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkdcraw/recipe.toml
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://invent.kde.org/graphics/libkdcraw/-/blob/master/README?ref_type=heads
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/libkdcraw/-/blob/master/README?ref_type=heads
 [source]
 git = "https://invent.kde.org/graphics/libkdcraw"
 rev = "fbd01409c8009f403bccac6776fe4cfefa57d5bd"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "libraw",
     "qt5-base",
 ]
-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/libs/other/libkomparediff2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkomparediff2/recipe.toml
index 3f1222db..cdc05c41 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkomparediff2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libkomparediff2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, lacking build instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking build instructions
 [source]
 git = "https://invent.kde.org/sdk/libkomparediff2"
 rev = "ea9034ee3e4952862a937255bc6cc4ee392907f6"
 [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/libs/other/liblager/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblager/recipe.toml
index 9c03020c..9b9782c7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblager/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblager/recipe.toml
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/arximboldi/lager#usage
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/arximboldi/lager#usage
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/arximboldi/lager"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "libzug",
     "boost",
 ]
-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/libs/other/liblapack/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblapack/recipe.toml
index 77b1d122..fd27e0d5 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblapack/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblapack/recipe.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack#installation
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack#installation
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/Reference-LAPACK/lapack"
 rev = "04b044e020a3560ccfa9988c8a80a1fb7083fc2e"
 [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/libs/other/liblensfun/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblensfun/recipe.toml
index e132a11f..428eff77 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblensfun/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/liblensfun/recipe.toml
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/lensfun/lensfun?tab=readme-ov-file#build-instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/lensfun/lensfun?tab=readme-ov-file#build-instructions
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/lensfun/lensfun"
 rev = "35b19fb38e7250ea646709ef9e528d54a6a79648"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
     "libpng",
 ]
-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/libs/other/libnlopt/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnlopt/recipe.toml
index f4db165c..39fbb718 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnlopt/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnlopt/recipe.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt#readme
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt#readme
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt"
 rev = "09b3c2a6da71cabcb98d2c8facc6b83d2321ed71"
 [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/libs/other/librkcommon/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/librkcommon/recipe.toml
index 10710db0..c7bb01c0 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/librkcommon/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/librkcommon/recipe.toml
@@ -1,24 +1,10 @@
-#TODO maybe incomplete script, see https://github.com/ospray/rkcommon#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/ospray/rkcommon#building
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/ospray/rkcommon"
 rev = "f15291d4789a53e5980fd9b3d2639f705d675dd7"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "cmake"
 dependencies = [
     "onetbb",
 ]
-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
-"""