diff --git a/srcpkgs/powertop/patches/powertop-autotune.patch b/srcpkgs/powertop/patches/powertop-autotune.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cf843662c6e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/powertop/patches/powertop-autotune.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-From 6fd9ecebd3bc277bd91ce057f85f8e54b09bb0a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Mullin <masmullin@hush.com>
-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:50:10 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Powertop crashes with 'powertop --auto-tune'
-
------BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
-Hash: SHA256
-
-Please see the following patch to address the reported crash
-- ---
-- From e994a414f619410877023fce35ade12d1cfce68d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Mullin <masmullin@hush.com>
-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:33:31 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] If "dir" is closed early inside create_add_devfreq_devices()
- then there is a potential double free due to a second close during the
- cleanup phase in clear_all_devfreq()
-
-Signed-off-by: Michael Mullin <masmullin@hush.com>
-
-- ---
- src/devices/devfreq.cpp | 5 ++++-
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
----
- src/devices/devfreq.cpp | 5 ++++-
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git src/devices/devfreq.cpp src/devices/devfreq.cpp
-index d2e56e3..f652a57 100644
---- src/devices/devfreq.cpp
-+++ src/devices/devfreq.cpp
-@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ void create_all_devfreq_devices(void)
-        fprintf(stderr, "Devfreq not enabled\n");
-        is_enabled = false;
-        closedir(dir);
-+       dir = NULL;
-        return;
-    }
- 
-@@ -327,6 +328,8 @@ void clear_all_devfreq()
-    }
-    all_devfreq.clear();
-    /* close /sys/class/devfreq */
--   if (dir != NULL)
-+   if (dir != NULL) {
-        closedir(dir);
-+       dir = NULL;
-+   }
- }
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/powertop/template b/srcpkgs/powertop/template
index ed8a5ea0b3d..a60933fd017 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/powertop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/powertop/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'powertop'
 pkgname=powertop
-version=2.7
-revision=3
+version=2.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://01.org/powertop/"
 distfiles="https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/powertop/powertop-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8d4b1490e2baad4467c0ded3c423db4472dcbf7b2dd8f8f2a928f54047c678ca
+checksum=a87b563f73106babfa3e74dcf92f252938c061e309ace20a361358bbfa579c5a
diff --git a/srcpkgs/powertop/update b/srcpkgs/powertop/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0102a00ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/powertop/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="https://01.org/powertop/downloads"