diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 0f9b046e2bd..038d42f9461 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ opts.Add('minizip','Build Minizip Archive Support: (yes/no)','yes')
 opts.Add('squish','Squish BC Texture Compression in editor (yes/no)','yes')
 opts.Add('theora','Theora Video (yes/no)','yes')
 opts.Add('theoralib','Theora Video (yes/no)','no')
-opts.Add('freetype','Freetype support in editor','yes')
+opts.Add('freetype','Freetype support in editor','builtin')
 opts.Add('speex','Speex Audio (yes/no)','yes')
 opts.Add('xml','XML Save/Load support (yes/no)','yes')
 opts.Add('png','PNG Image loader support (yes/no)','yes')
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ elif env_base['p'] != "":
 	env_base["platform"]=selected_platform
 
 
+
 if selected_platform in platform_list:
 
 	sys.path.append("./platform/"+selected_platform)
@@ -246,6 +247,14 @@ if selected_platform in platform_list:
 	#must happen after the flags, so when flags are used by configure, stuff happens (ie, ssl on x11)
 	detect.configure(env)
 
+
+	if (env["freetype"]!="no"):
+		env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DFREETYPE_ENABLED'])
+		if (env["freetype"]=="builtin"):
+			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype'])
+			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype/freetype/include'])
+
+
 	#env['platform_libsuffix'] = env['LIBSUFFIX']
 
 	suffix="."+selected_platform
diff --git a/platform/osx/detect.py b/platform/osx/detect.py
index d1aa54b71db..1982beb10e1 100644
--- a/platform/osx/detect.py
+++ b/platform/osx/detect.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def get_flags():
 	return [
 	('legacygl', 'yes'),
 	('builtin_zlib', 'no'),
-	('freetype','builtin'), #use builtin freetype
 	('glew', 'yes'),
 	]
 
@@ -56,12 +55,6 @@ def configure(env):
 		env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-g3', '-Wall','-DDEBUG_ENABLED','-DDEBUG_MEMORY_ENABLED'])
 
 
-	if (env["freetype"]!="no"):
-		env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DFREETYPE_ENABLED'])
-		env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype'])
-		env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype/freetype/include'])
-
-
 
 	if (not os.environ.has_key("OSXCROSS_ROOT")):
 		#regular native build
diff --git a/platform/windows/detect.py b/platform/windows/detect.py
index a6a949a11a1..320fb9d269c 100644
--- a/platform/windows/detect.py
+++ b/platform/windows/detect.py
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ def get_opts():
 def get_flags():
 
 	return [
-		('freetype','builtin'), #use builtin freetype
 		('glew','yes'),
 		('openssl','builtin'), #use builtin openssl
 	]
@@ -203,10 +202,6 @@ def configure(env):
 		env.Append(CPPPATH=['#platform/windows/include'])
 		env.Append(LIBPATH=['#platform/windows/lib'])
 
-		if (env["freetype"]!="no"):
-			env.Append(CCFLAGS=['/DFREETYPE_ENABLED'])
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype'])
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype/freetype/include'])
 
 		if (env["target"]=="release"):
 
@@ -350,10 +345,6 @@ def configure(env):
 
 			env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-g', '-Wall','-DDEBUG_ENABLED','-DDEBUG_MEMORY_ENABLED'])
 
-		if (env["freetype"]!="no"):
-			env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DFREETYPE_ENABLED'])
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype'])
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype/freetype/include'])
 
 
 		env["CC"]=mingw_prefix+"gcc"
diff --git a/platform/x11/detect.py b/platform/x11/detect.py
index 2561e09b9ad..0362756f7c6 100644
--- a/platform/x11/detect.py
+++ b/platform/x11/detect.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def get_flags():
 	('builtin_zlib', 'no'),
 	('glew', 'yes'),
 	("openssl", "yes"),
+	('freetype','yes'), #use system freetype
+
 	#("theora","no"),
         ]
 
@@ -141,11 +143,6 @@ def configure(env):
 		env.ParseConfig('pkg-config freetype2 --cflags --libs')
 
 
-	if (env["freetype"]!="no"):
-		env.Append(CCFLAGS=['-DFREETYPE_ENABLED'])
-		if (env["freetype"]=="builtin"):
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype'])
-			env.Append(CPPPATH=['#drivers/freetype/freetype/include'])
 
 
 	env.Append(CPPFLAGS=['-DOPENGL_ENABLED'])