diff --git a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
index 0bea4ec78f9c9d8dc04e4736e963dd24bdcac5c4..479dcb5f5b6715c0c4d1010ec3bb65af31c012b2 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libiwinfo
-PKG_RELEASE:=37
+PKG_RELEASE:=38
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
diff --git a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
index ae75e6d86c5ee521da5c7d88f8796c0afe2ddd16..819845ad1d2b05d398b4aafddb051d28c9a09ab6 100644
--- a/package/network/utils/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
+++ b/package/network/utils/iwinfo/src/iwinfo_nl80211.c
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ int nl80211_get_channel(const char *ifname, int *buf)
 
 int nl80211_get_txpower(const char *ifname, int *buf)
 {
+#if 0
 	char *res;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 
@@ -1002,6 +1003,7 @@ int nl80211_get_txpower(const char *ifname, int *buf)
 
 	if ((*buf = nl80211_readint(path)) > -1)
 		return 0;
+#endif
 
 	return wext_get_txpower(ifname, buf);
 }