diff --git a/component/findutils/buildout.cfg b/component/findutils/buildout.cfg
index fd8bc99219ded51152db3a409d59520535a31171..182f903f6c57ea0565e47298be5eb774ce1d43ff 100644
--- a/component/findutils/buildout.cfg
+++ b/component/findutils/buildout.cfg
@@ -1,43 +1,14 @@
 [buildout]
 extends =
-  ../autoconf/buildout.cfg
-  ../automake/buildout.cfg
-  ../bison/buildout.cfg
   ../coreutils/buildout.cfg
-  ../flex/buildout.cfg
-  ../gettext/buildout.cfg
-  ../git/buildout.cfg
-  ../grep/buildout.cfg
-  ../libtool/buildout.cfg
-  ../m4/buildout.cfg
-  ../tar/buildout.cfg
-  ../texinfo/buildout.cfg
 parts =
   findutils-output
 
-[findutils-source]
-recipe = slapos.recipe.build:gitclone
-repository = https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/findutils.git
-# READ COMMENT IN [findutils] SECTION BEFORE CHANGING revision !
-revision = 161b83875460da63f2d687c3277521a51d1a16ec
-
 [findutils]
 recipe = slapos.recipe.cmmi
 shared = true
-# 4.6.0 release is anterior to glibc>=2.28-related fixes in embedded gnulib
-# Switch back to release tarballs when they do next release, and remove
-# path, configure-command, environment, findutils-source section and all extends
-# except coreutils.
-# Until then, checkout a recent-enough source from repository and build that.
-# It requires some additional preparation steps
-#url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.6.0.tar.gz
-#md5sum = 9936aa8009438ce185bea2694a997fc1
-path = ${findutils-source:location}
-configure-command =
-  ./bootstrap --skip-po
-  ./configure
-environment =
-  PATH=${autoconf:location}/bin:${automake:location}/bin:${libtool:location}/bin:${git:location}/bin:${gettext:location}/bin:${tar:location}/bin:${coreutils:location}/bin:${grep:location}/bin:${texinfo:location}/bin:${bison:location}/bin:${flex:location}/bin:${m4:location}/bin:%(PATH)s
+url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.4.2.tar.gz
+md5sum = 351cc4adb07d54877fa15f75fb77d39f
 
 [findutils-output]
 # Shared binary location to ease migration