diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index cd0225a312b434b08f956acb2411d28c505bf67f..6c02f401069ec1dfbfa9151acf83f2e7d8367a5e 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ LANGUAGES = 			de fr it cs pt ka
 bindir ?=	/usr/bin
 sbindir ?=	/usr/sbin
 mandir ?=	/usr/man
+libdir ?=	/usr/lib
 includedir ?=	/usr/include
 localedir ?=	/usr/share/locale
 docdir ?=       /usr/share/doc/packages/cpupower
@@ -94,15 +95,6 @@ RANLIB = $(CROSS)ranlib
 HOSTCC = gcc
 MKDIR = mkdir
 
-# 64bit library detection
-include ../../scripts/Makefile.arch
-
-ifeq ($(IS_64_BIT), 1)
-libdir ?=	/usr/lib64
-else
-libdir ?=	/usr/lib
-endif
-
 # Now we set up the build system
 #