diff --git a/community/linux-tools/PKGBUILD b/community/linux-tools/PKGBUILD
index b31ad170e..9bce93285 100644
--- a/community/linux-tools/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/linux-tools/PKGBUILD
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pkgname=(
   'gpio-utils'
   'iio-utils'
 )
-pkgver=4.14
+pkgver=4.15
 pkgrel=1
 license=('GPL2')
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ source=("https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
         'cpupower.systemd'
         'cpupower.service'
         'usbipd.service')
-md5sums=('bacdb9ffdcd922aa069a5e1520160e24'
+md5sums=('0d701ac1e2a67d47ce7127432df2c32b'
          '56883c159381ba89e50ab8ea65efec77'
          '34f5ecc19770a1abbcd0fd65bfd1f065'
          '86c4e419e4ba80835c330d49ba3f56ad'
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ build() {
 
   msg2 'cpupower'
   pushd linux-$pkgver/tools/power/cpupower
-  # we cannot use --as-needed
-  #LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS:+"$LDFLAGS,--no-as-needed"}
   make VERSION=$pkgver-$pkgrel
   popd
 
@@ -198,6 +196,7 @@ package_cpupower() {
   make \
     DESTDIR="$pkgdir" \
     sbindir='/usr/bin' \
+    libdir='/usr/lib' \
     mandir='/usr/share/man' \
     docdir='/usr/share/doc/cpupower' \
     install install-man