diff --git a/packages/linux/build b/packages/linux/build
index 3910495090..6f1b90ce95 100755
--- a/packages/linux/build
+++ b/packages/linux/build
@@ -49,19 +49,6 @@ cd -
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 LDFLAGS="" make $KERNEL_IMAGE
 
-if [ -d tools/power/cpupower ]; then
-  ( cd tools/power/cpupower
-
-    # dont use some optimizations because of build problems
-      LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`
-
-    export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include"
-    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/lib -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib"
-
-    make CROSS="$TARGET_PREFIX" DEBUG=false NLS=false
-  )
-fi
-
 if [ "$PERF_SUPPORT" = "yes" -a "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
   ( cd tools/perf
 
diff --git a/packages/linux/install b/packages/linux/install
index 2f463c283e..f5f56f1327 100755
--- a/packages/linux/install
+++ b/packages/linux/install
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/modprobe.d
   cp $PKG_DIR/modprobe.d/*.conf $INSTALL/etc/modprobe.d
 
-if [ -f $PKG_BUILD/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower ]; then
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-    cp -P $PKG_BUILD/tools/power/cpupower/cpupower $INSTALL/usr/bin
-
-  mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-    cp -P $PKG_BUILD/tools/power/cpupower/libcpupower.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
-fi
-
 if [ "$PERF_SUPPORT" = "yes" -a "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
     cp -P $PKG_BUILD/tools/perf/perf $INSTALL/usr/bin/