diff --git a/recipes/gawk/recipe.sh b/recipes/gawk/recipe.sh
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+GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/gawk
+BRANCH=redox
+
+HOST=x86_64-elf-redox
+
+function recipe_update {
+    echo "skipping update"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_build {
+    ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=/ ac_cv_func_gethostbyname=no ac_cv_func_connect=no
+    make
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_test {
+    echo "skipping test"
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_clean {
+    make clean
+    skip=1
+}
+
+function recipe_stage {
+    dest="$(realpath $1)"
+    make DESTDIR="$dest" install
+    skip=1
+}