diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index 3ed7c0476d486d21dcb1c735478191ffa88c2fc7..2e2ba2efa0d9f97629ec5af9fb1136b3dee8962d 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)%.o: %.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)cpupower: $(UTIL_OBJS) $(OUTPUT)libcpupower.so.$(LIB_MAJ)
 	$(ECHO) "  CC      " $@
-	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UTIL_OBJS) -lcpupower -Wl,-rpath=./ -lrt -lpci -L$(OUTPUT) -o $@
+	$(QUIET) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(UTIL_OBJS) -lcpupower -lrt -lpci -L$(OUTPUT) -o $@
 	$(QUIET) $(STRIPCMD) $@
 
 $(OUTPUT)po/$(PACKAGE).pot: $(UTIL_SRC)