diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 30e8711e9b52b12bca35612b9804b4df1fa836e1..2c0065993b0783f649ac8c591b9019c3cf29c500 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1407,51 +1407,26 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(uninstall "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake")
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#   CPack target
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+#-----------------------------------
+# Source package:
+#-----------------------------------
 set(BUILD_PACKAGE ON CACHE BOOL "Enables 'make package_source' command")
 
 if(BUILD_PACKAGE)
-    configure_file(
-        Package.cmake.in
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/.cpack/Package.cmake
-        @ONLY
-        )
-    include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/.cpack/Package.cmake)
-
-    set(root_files README)
-    file(GLOB root_src_files *.in *.cmake *.rst CMakeLists.txt)
-
+    set(TARBALL_NAME "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
     if (NOT WIN32)
-        install(FILES ${root_files}
-                DESTINATION ${OPENCV_DOC_INSTALL_PATH}
-                COMPONENT main)
+        add_custom_target(package_source
+        #TODO: maybe we should not remove dll's
+        COMMAND tar --transform 's,^,${TARBALL_NAME}/,S' -cjpf ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARBALL_NAME}.tar.bz2 --exclude-vcs --exclude="*.pyc" --exclude="*.vcproj" --exclude="*/lib/*" --exclude="*.dll" ./
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
     else()
-        install(FILES ${root_files}
-                DESTINATION "."
-                COMPONENT main)
-        install(FILES ${root_src_files}
-                DESTINATION "."
-                COMPONENT src)
-        # Add the "win-install/OpenCVConfig.cmake" file to the "main" install component
-        install(FILES
-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/win-install/OpenCVConfig.cmake"
-            DESTINATION "."
-            COMPONENT main
-            )
-        install(FILES
-            "include/CMakeLists.txt"
-            DESTINATION "include/"
-            COMPONENT src
-            )
-
-        install(DIRECTORY data samples DESTINATION "." COMPONENT main PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
-        install(DIRECTORY 3rdparty android modules doc DESTINATION "." COMPONENT src PATTERN ".svn" EXCLUDE)
+        add_custom_target(package_source
+        COMMAND zip -9 -r ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${TARBALL_NAME}.zip . -x '*/.svn/*' '*.vcproj' '*.pyc'
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
     endif()
 endif()
 
+
 #-----------------------------------
 # Solution folders:
 #-----------------------------------
diff --git a/Package.cmake.in b/Package.cmake.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d4eee764905eeb0aa3478699c6d8810a5ac66db..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Package.cmake.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-#
-# CPack template for OpenCV
-#
-# (c) Copyrights 2008 Hartmut Seichter, HIT Lab NZ
-#
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "OpenCV")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "OpenCV project opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "OpenCV SDK for ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} is an All-In-One package for developing computer vision applications")
-
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/license.txt")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "OpenCV${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}")
-
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "")
-
-set(CPACK_COMPONENTS_ALL main src Unspecified)
-
-set(CPACK_COMPONENT_main_DISPLAY_NAME "Binaries and the Documentation")
-set(CPACK_COMPONENT_src_DISPLAY_NAME "The source code")
-
-set(CPACK_ALL_INSTALL_TYPES Full)
-
-set(CPACK_COMPONENT_MAIN_INSTALL_TYPES Full)
-set(CPACK_COMPONENT_SRC_INSTALL_TYPES Full)
-
-set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
-    "/\\\\.svn/"
-    "/autom4te.cache/"
-    "/build/"
-    "/interfaces/"
-    "/swig_python/"
-    "/octave/"
-    "/gtest/"
-    "~$"    
-    "\\\\.aux$"
-    "\\\\.bbl$"
-    "\\\\.blg$"
-    "\\\\.idx$"
-    "\\\\.ilg$"
-    "\\\\.ind$"
-    "\\\\.log$"
-    "\\\\.toc$"
-    "\\\\.out$"
-    "\\\\.pyc$"
-    "\\\\.pyo$"
-    "\\\\.vcproj$"
-    "/1$"
-    "${CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES}")
-
-if(NOT WIN32)
-    set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
-    "/lib/"
-    "\\\\.dll$"
-    "${CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES}")
-endif()
-
-set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME
-    "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
-
-if(WIN32)
-    set(CPACK_GENERATOR "NSIS")
-    set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "ZIP")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_PACKAGE_NAME "OpenCV ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}rc")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_MUI_ICON "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\\\\doc\\\\opencv.ico")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_MUI_UNIICON "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\\\\doc\\\\opencv.ico")
-    #set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON "utils/opencv.ico") 
-        
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLED_ICON_NAME "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\\\\doc\\\\opencv.ico")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_HELP_LINK "http:\\\\\\\\opencv.willowgarage.com")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_URL_INFO_ABOUT "http:\\\\\\\\opencv.willowgarage.com")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_CONTACT "")
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_DISPLAY_NAME "Open Source Computer Vision Library")
-
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS
-        "http://opencv.willowgarage.com" "Start Page"
-        "doc\\\\opencv2refman.pdf" "The OpenCV Reference Manual"
-        "doc\\\\opencv_tutorials.pdf" "The OpenCV Tutorials for Beginners"
-        "CMakeLists.txt" "The Build Script (open with CMake)"
-        "samples\\\\c" "C Samples"
-        "samples\\\\cpp" "C++ Samples"
-        "samples\\\\python" "Python Samples")
-    
-    # Add "<install_path>/bin" to the system PATH
-    set(CPACK_NSIS_MODIFY_PATH ON)
-else()
-    set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
-    set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
-    
-    if(APPLE)
-    set(CPACK_GENERATOR "PackageMaker;TBZ2")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-include(CPack)