diff --git a/packages/debug/powertop/meta b/packages/debug/powertop/meta
index b20e7065b4..7b5f8444ef 100644
--- a/packages/debug/powertop/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/powertop/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://01.org/powertop/"
 PKG_URL="https://01.org/powertop/sites/default/files/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses pciutils libnl"
+PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses pciutils"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses pciutils libnl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/network/libnl/build b/packages/network/libnl/build
index 79e0bae1db..c1846c349a 100755
--- a/packages/network/libnl/build
+++ b/packages/network/libnl/build
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
-            --disable-static \
-            --enable-shared \
+            --enable-static \
+            --disable-shared \
             --disable-cli \
 
 make V=1
diff --git a/packages/network/libnl/install b/packages/network/libnl/install
deleted file mode 100755
index c70fa72e43..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/libnl/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-#  any later version.
-#
-#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
-#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/lib/.libs/libnl-*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib/
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/libnl-*.so*T
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
index c53863ad90..d9d1c12e4b 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 # wpa_supplicant fails to build with LTO
   strip_lto
 
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpthread"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD/$1
 
 cp $ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config .config
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
index 28900a8828..07d28be926 100644
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/"
 PKG_URL="http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="dbus libnl openssl"
+PKG_DEPENDS="dbus openssl"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus libnl openssl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"