diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq-devel.template b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq-devel.template
index b4e8328225..951d138dfa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq-devel.template
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ long_desc="
  This package provides everything that is needed for developing own
  programs using libcpufreq."
 
-revision=1
-
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run libcpufreq
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq.template b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq.template
index 275c194ece..058e8cf413 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/libcpufreq.template
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ short_desc="Library for the kernel cpufreq subsystem"
 long_desc="
  This library provide an unified method to access the CPUFreq kernel interface."
 
-revision=1
-
 Add_dependency run glibc
 
 do_install()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
index 418cb23e43..ac37febd9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpufrequtils/template
@@ -1,22 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'cpufrequtils'
 pkgname=cpufrequtils
-version=007
+version=008
 distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/kernel/cpufreq/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-build_style=gnu_makefile
-make_build_args="V=1"
-make_install_args="mandir=/usr/share/man"
-short_desc="Userspace tools for the kernel cpufreq subsystem"
+build_style=custom-install
+short_desc="Userspace tools for the Linux kernel cpufreq subsystem"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=8af517369ad8a8ac40a9e47abe2e1970a9249932ab336367aaf8f68cd979dbad
+checksum=1b9daa591d977679fb09ffb9b4d58afa94b9387f3c0be92ec077080e328130f1
 long_desc="
- Userspace tools for the kernel cpufreq subsystem."
+ Userspace tools for the Linux kernel cpufreq subsystem."
 
 subpackages="libcpufreq libcpufreq-devel"
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run libcpufreq
 Add_dependency build gettext
 
-pre_install()
+do_build()
 {
-	sed -i "s|/usr/bin/install|/bin/install|g" ${wrksrc}/Makefile
+	make V=1
+}
+
+do_install()
+{
+	sed -i "s|/usr/bin/install|/bin/install|g" Makefile
+	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} mandir=/usr/share/man install
 }