diff --git a/package/efl/efl.mk b/package/efl/efl.mk
index 99e4d143e0..151ac28a13 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/efl.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 
+EFL_VERSION = 1.15.2
+
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/efl/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk b/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
index 0472827597..b989d54164 100644
--- a/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/libefl/libefl.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-# hardcode the version here since the bump to 1.15 is not complete in Buildroot
-LIBEFL_VERSION = 1.15.2
+LIBEFL_VERSION = $(EFL_VERSION)
 LIBEFL_SOURCE = efl-$(LIBEFL_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBEFL_SITE = http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/efl
 LIBEFL_LICENSE = BSD-2c, LGPLv2.1+, GPLv2+
diff --git a/package/efl/libelementary/libelementary.mk b/package/efl/libelementary/libelementary.mk
index 4ba8681dd7..c920801b2d 100644
--- a/package/efl/libelementary/libelementary.mk
+++ b/package/efl/libelementary/libelementary.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBELEMENTARY_VERSION = 1.15.2
+LIBELEMENTARY_VERSION = $(EFL_VERSION)
 LIBELEMENTARY_SOURCE = elementary-$(LIBELEMENTARY_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBELEMENTARY_SITE = http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/libs/elementary
 LIBELEMENTARY_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1