diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 58902a765..edf398f1d 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ COLLECTD_PLUGINS_DISABLED:= \
 	notify_email \
 	notify_nagios \
 	numa \
+	onewire \
 	openldap \
 	openvz \
 	oracle \
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ COLLECTD_PLUGINS_SELECTED:= \
 	ntpd \
 	nut \
 	olsrd \
-	onewire \
 	openvpn \
 	ping \
 	postgresql \
@@ -306,11 +306,6 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_collectd-mod-modbus),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-libmodbus="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
 endif
 
-# exception: mod-onewire needs libow-capi
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_collectd-mod-onewire),)
-  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-libowcapi="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
-endif
-
 # exception: mod-rrdtool needs rrdtool-1.0.x
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_collectd-mod-rrdtool),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-librrd="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/rrdtool-1.0"
@@ -413,7 +408,6 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,nginx,nginx status input,nginx,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-n
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ntpd,NTP daemon status input,ntpd,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,nut,UPS monitoring input,nut,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-nut:nut-common))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,olsrd,OLSRd status input,olsrd,))
-$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,onewire,onewire sensor input,onewire,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-onewire:libow-capi @BROKEN))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,openvpn,OpenVPN traffic/compression input,openvpn,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ping,ping status input,ping,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-ping:liboping))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,postgresql,PostgreSQL status input,postgresql,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-postgresql:libpq))