diff --git a/linux54-tkg/PKGBUILD b/linux54-tkg/PKGBUILD
index 5f142f7..5f9ddac 100644
--- a/linux54-tkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/linux54-tkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -96,13 +96,7 @@ url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
 makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
 optdepends=('schedtool')
-if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
-  msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
-  options=('!strip' 'ccache')
-else
-  msg2 'ccache was not found and will not be used'
-  options=('!strip')
-fi
+options=('!strip')
 source=("https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.xz"
         "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
         'config.x86_64' # stock Arch config
@@ -849,6 +843,12 @@ build() {
     _force_all_threads=${MAKEFLAGS}
   fi
 
+  # ccache
+  if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
+    export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/:$PATH"
+    msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
+  fi
+
   # build!
   _runtime=$( time ( schedtool -B -n 1 -e ionice -n 1 make $_force_all_threads LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 ) || _runtime=$( time ( make $_force_all_threads LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 )
 }
diff --git a/linux55-tkg/PKGBUILD b/linux55-tkg/PKGBUILD
index be93c5c..90faeec 100644
--- a/linux55-tkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/linux55-tkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -96,13 +96,7 @@ url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
 makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
 optdepends=('schedtool')
-if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
-  msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
-  options=('!strip' 'ccache')
-else
-  msg2 'ccache was not found and will not be used'
-  options=('!strip')
-fi
+options=('!strip')
 source=("https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.xz"
         "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
         'config.x86_64' # stock Arch config
@@ -901,6 +895,12 @@ build() {
     _force_all_threads="${MAKEFLAGS}"
   fi
 
+  # ccache
+  if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
+    export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/:$PATH"
+    msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
+  fi
+
   # build!
   _runtime=$( time ( schedtool -B -n 1 -e ionice -n 1 make ${_force_all_threads} LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 ) || _runtime=$( time ( make ${_force_all_threads} LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 )
 }
diff --git a/linux56-tkg/PKGBUILD b/linux56-tkg/PKGBUILD
index a27dcc4..a081064 100644
--- a/linux56-tkg/PKGBUILD
+++ b/linux56-tkg/PKGBUILD
@@ -96,13 +96,7 @@ url="http://www.kernel.org/"
 license=('GPL2')
 makedepends=('xmlto' 'docbook-xsl' 'kmod' 'inetutils' 'bc' 'libelf' 'patchutils' 'flex' 'python-sphinx' 'python-sphinx_rtd_theme' 'graphviz' 'imagemagick' 'git')
 optdepends=('schedtool')
-if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
-  msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
-  options=('!strip' 'ccache')
-else
-  msg2 'ccache was not found and will not be used'
-  options=('!strip')
-fi
+options=('!strip')
 source=("https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${_basekernel}.tar.xz"
         "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/patch-${pkgver}.xz"
         'config.x86_64' # stock Arch config
@@ -907,6 +901,12 @@ build() {
     _force_all_threads="${MAKEFLAGS}"
   fi
 
+  # ccache
+  if pacman -Qq ccache &> /dev/null; then
+    export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/:$PATH"
+    msg2 'ccache was found and will be used'
+  fi
+
   # build!
   _runtime=$( time ( schedtool -B -n 1 -e ionice -n 1 make ${_force_all_threads} LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 ) || _runtime=$( time ( make ${_force_all_threads} LOCALVERSION= bzImage modules 2>&1 ) 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 )
 }