diff --git a/utils/powertop/Makefile b/utils/powertop/Makefile
index 15a5881e4d..4fa32c542d 100644
--- a/utils/powertop/Makefile
+++ b/utils/powertop/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=powertop
 PKG_VERSION:=2.10
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ define Package/powertop/description
  and power management.
 endef
 
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_UCLIBC),y)
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector
+endif
 TARGET_LDFLAGS += $(if $(INTL_FULL),-lintl)
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-pic
+
 define Package/powertop/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/powertop \
diff --git a/utils/powertop/patches/001-musl-fix-headers.patch b/utils/powertop/patches/001-musl-fix-headers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9839d15bf6..0000000000
--- a/utils/powertop/patches/001-musl-fix-headers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- ./src/devices/devfreq.h.orig
-+++ ./src/devices/devfreq.h
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
- #ifndef _INCLUDE_GUARD_DEVFREQ_H
- #define _INCLUDE_GUARD_DEVFREQ_H
- 
-+#include <sys/time.h>
- #include "device.h"
- #include "../parameters/parameters.h"
- 
-diff --git a/src/perf/perf.h b/src/perf/perf.h
-index ee072ae06d24..932588a684f9 100644
---- a/src/perf/perf.h
-+++ b/src/perf/perf.h
-@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
- #define _INCLUDE_GUARD_PERF_H_
- 
- #include <iostream>
-+#include <stdio.h>
- 
- 
- extern "C" {