diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/content.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f83371e43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/content.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := \
+	$(shell cd $(REP_DIR); find include/lwip src/lib/lwip -type f) \
+	lib/import/import-lwip.mk \
+	lib/mk/lwip.mk \
+
+PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/lwip)
+
+MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR := $(shell cd $(PORT_DIR); find include src -type f)
+
+content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR) $(MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR) LICENSE
+
+$(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR):
+	$(mirror_from_rep_dir)
+
+$(MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	cp -r $(PORT_DIR)/$@ $@
+
+LICENSE:
+	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/lwip/COPYING $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/hash b/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68f4af5433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/api/lwip/hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2018-07-30 3436d97a6c2da7fa8787969607de21eb5707f68b
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/content.mk b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/content.mk
index 5e716d70d1..63a34fae50 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/content.mk
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/content.mk
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
-MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := \
-	$(shell cd $(REP_DIR); find include/lwip src/lib/lwip  src/lib/vfs/lwip -type f) \
-	lib/import/import-lwip.mk \
-	lib/mk/lwip.mk \
-	lib/mk/vfs_lwip.mk \
-	recipes/src/vfs_lwip \
+MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR := src/lib/vfs/lwip lib/mk/vfs_lwip.mk
 
-PORT_DIR := $(call port_dir,$(REP_DIR)/ports/lwip)
-
-MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR := $(shell cd $(PORT_DIR); find include src -type f)
-
-content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR) $(MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR) LICENSE
+content: $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR) LICENSE
 
 $(MIRROR_FROM_REP_DIR):
 	$(mirror_from_rep_dir)
 
-$(MIRROR_FROM_PORT_DIR):
-	mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	cp -r $(PORT_DIR)/$@ $@
-
 LICENSE:
-	cp $(PORT_DIR)/src/lib/lwip/COPYING $@
+	cp $(GENODE_DIR)/LICENSE $@
diff --git a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/used_apis b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/used_apis
index baa484fb84..869365b449 100644
--- a/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/used_apis
+++ b/repos/libports/recipes/src/vfs_lwip/used_apis
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 base
-libc
+lwip
 nic_session
 os
 so