diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/nghttp2/nghttp2_1.66.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/nghttp2/nghttp2_1.66.0.bb
index 123ddb2d08..49d6d7e632 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/nghttp2/nghttp2_1.66.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/nghttp2/nghttp2_1.66.0.bb
@@ -8,18 +8,9 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/nghttp2-${PV}.tar.xz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "00ba1bdf0ba2c74b2a4fe6c8b1069dc9d82f82608af24442d430df97c6f9e631"
 
 inherit cmake manpages python3native github-releases
-PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ""
 
-# examples are never installed, and don't need to be built in the
-# first place
-EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF -DENABLE_APP=OFF -DENABLE_HPACK_TOOLS=OFF -DENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF"
+PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = "-DENABLE_DOC=ON,-DENABLE_DOC=OFF"
 
-PACKAGES =+ "lib${BPN}"
-
-RDEPENDS:${PN}:class-native = ""
-
-ALLOW_EMPTY:${PN} = "1"
-FILES:${PN} = ""
-FILES:lib${BPN} = "${libdir}/*${SOLIBS}"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DENABLE_LIB_ONLY=ON -DENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"