diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index f4c0023..2c830a7 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -720,6 +720,43 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses" ]; then
         --with-manpage-format=normal     \
         --disable-stripping              \
         --with-shared                    \
+        --without-normal                 \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --without-debug                  \
+        --enable-pc-files                \
+        --disable-setuid-environ         \
+        --disable-root-environ           \
+        --disable-root-access            \
+        --with-versioned-syms            \
+        --without-ada                    \
+        --enable-overwrite               \
+        --with-build-cc=gcc              \
+        --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
+
+    cd ..
+
+    mkdir -vp build-widec-$LFS_TGT
+    cd        build-widec-$LFS_TGT
+
+    # --with-cxx-binding no c++?
+    # --with-cxx-shared no c++?
+    # --without-normal will make readline error
+    # --disable-stripping  # this must go away
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=/usr                    \
+        --sysconfdir=/etc                \
+        --localstatedir=/var             \
+        --libdir=/usr/lib                \
+        --sbindir=/usr/bin               \
+        --mandir=/usr/share/man          \
+        --with-manpage-format=normal     \
+        --disable-stripping              \
+        --with-shared                    \
+        --without-normal                 \
         --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
         --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
         --without-debug                  \
@@ -737,26 +774,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses" ]; then
     make -j 32
     make -j 32 DESTDIR="$LFS" install
 
-    # fool packages looking to link to non-wide-character ncurses libraries
-    for lib in ncurses ncurses++ form panel menu; do
-        if [ -f "$LFS/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so" ]; then
-            printf "INPUT(-l%sw)\n" "${lib}" > "$LFS/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so"
-            ln -sv ${lib}w.pc "$LFS/usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc"
-        fi
-    done
-
-    # some packages look for -lcurses during build
-    printf 'INPUT(-lncursesw)\n' > "$LFS/usr/lib/libcursesw.so"
-    ln -sv libncurses.so "$LFS/usr/lib/libcurses.so"
-
-    # tic and ticinfo functionality is built in by default
-    # make sure that anything linking against it links against libncursesw.so instead
-    for lib in tic tinfo; do
-        #printf "INPUT(libncursesw.so.%s)\n" "${_pkgver:0:1}" > "$LFS/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so"
-        #ln -sv libncursesw.so.${pkgver:0:1} "$pkgdir/usr/lib/lib${lib}.so.${_pkgver:0:1}"
-        ln -sv ncursesw.pc "$LFS/usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc"
-    done
-
     cd "$BASE_DIR"
     rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/ncurses"
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses"
@@ -775,7 +792,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/readline" ]; then
 
     #         --with-curses                    \
     "../configure"                       \
-        --with-sysroot=${LFS}            \
         --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
         --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
         --prefix=/usr                    \