diff --git a/src/curl.mk b/src/curl.mk
index abbc491a..aee1b698 100644
--- a/src/curl.mk
+++ b/src/curl.mk
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
         --with-winssl \
         --without-ssl \
-        --with-libidn2 \
+        --without-libidn2 \
         --enable-sspi \
         --enable-ipv6 \
-        --with-libssh2 \
+        --without-libssh2 \
         LIBS=`'$(TARGET)-pkg-config' pthreads --libs`
     $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j '$(JOBS)' $(MXE_DISABLE_DOCS)
     $(MAKE) -C '$(BUILD_DIR)' -j 1 install $(MXE_DISABLE_DOCS)
diff --git a/src/freetype.mk b/src/freetype.mk
index ff8d3cdb..3196bcc6 100644
--- a/src/freetype.mk
+++ b/src/freetype.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 86a854d8905b19698bbc8f23b860bc104246ce4854dcea8e3b0fb21284f75
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := freetype-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := freetype-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.xz
 $(PKG)_URL      := https://$(SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR)/project/freetype/freetype2/$(shell echo '$($(PKG)_VERSION)' | cut -d . -f 1,2,3)/$($(PKG)_FILE)
-$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc bzip2 harfbuzz libpng zlib
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc bzip2 libpng zlib
 
 define $(PKG)_UPDATE
     $(WGET) -q -O- 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/' | \
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ define $(PKG)_UPDATE
 endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD_COMMON
-    cd '$(1)' && GNUMAKE=$(MAKE) ./configure --with-harfbuzz=yes \
+    cd '$(1)' && GNUMAKE=$(MAKE) ./configure --with-harfbuzz=no \
         $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-        --enable-freetype-config \
+        --enable-freetype-config --without-bzip2 \
         LIBPNG_CFLAGS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config libpng --cflags`" \
         LIBPNG_LDFLAGS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config libpng --libs`" \
         FT2_EXTRA_LIBS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config libpng --libs`" \
-        $(if $(BUILD_STATIC),HARFBUZZ_LIBS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config harfbuzz --libs` -lharfbuzz_too -lfreetype_too `$(TARGET)-pkg-config glib-2.0 --libs`",)
+        $(if $(BUILD_STATIC),HARFBUZZ_LIBS="`$(TARGET)-pkg-config --libs` -lfreetype_too `$(TARGET)-pkg-config glib-2.0 --libs`",)
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j 1 install
     ln -sf '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/freetype-config' '$(PREFIX)/bin/$(TARGET)-freetype-config'
diff --git a/src/gettext.mk b/src/gettext.mk
index 3874190d..1069ca08 100644
--- a/src/gettext.mk
+++ b/src/gettext.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ $(PKG)_URL      := https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/$($(PKG)_FILE)
 $(PKG)_URL_2    := https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gettext/$($(PKG)_FILE)
 # native gettext isn't technically required, but downstream
 # cross-packages may need binaries and/or *.m4 files etc.
-$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc libiconv $(BUILD)~$(PKG)
+$(PKG)_DEPS     := cc libiconv expat $(BUILD)~$(PKG)
 
 $(PKG)_TARGETS       := $(BUILD) $(MXE_TARGETS)
 $(PKG)_DEPS_$(BUILD) := libiconv
diff --git a/src/sdl_image.mk b/src/sdl_image.mk
index b9faead9..6c0305f1 100644
--- a/src/sdl_image.mk
+++ b/src/sdl_image.mk
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ define $(PKG)_UPDATE
 endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD
-    $(SED) -i 's,^\(Requires:.*\),\1 libtiff-4 libpng libwebp,' '$(SOURCE_DIR)/SDL_image.pc.in'
+    $(SED) -i 's,^\(Requires:.*\),\1 libpng,' '$(SOURCE_DIR)/SDL_image.pc.in'
     cd '$(BUILD_DIR)' && '$(SOURCE_DIR)/configure' \
         $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
         --with-sdl-prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' \
         --disable-sdltest \
+        --enable-tif-shared \
+        --disable-jpg-shared \
+        --disable-png-shared \
+        --enable-webp-shared \
         $(if $(BUILD_STATIC), \
             --disable-jpg-shared \
             --disable-png-shared \
diff --git a/src/sdl_mixer.mk b/src/sdl_mixer.mk
index 3542e13d..8d22635c 100644
--- a/src/sdl_mixer.mk
+++ b/src/sdl_mixer.mk
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         --with-sdl-prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' \
         --disable-sdltest \
         --disable-music-mod \
-        --enable-music-mod-modplug \
+        --disable-music-mod-modplug \
+        --disable-music-mod \
         --enable-music-ogg \
+        --disable-music-ogg-shared \
         --disable-music-flac \
+        --disable-music-fluidsynth-shared \
         --enable-music-mp3 \
+        --disable-smpegtest \
+        --disable-smpeg \
         $(if $(BUILD_STATIC), \
             --disable-music-mod-shared \
             --disable-music-ogg-shared \