diff --git a/collectors/cpufreqMetric.go b/collectors/cpufreqMetric.go
index d55b4c1..61caf10 100644
--- a/collectors/cpufreqMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/cpufreqMetric.go
@@ -11,22 +11,13 @@ import (
 
 	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccLogger"
 	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccMetric"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/pkg/ccTopology"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 type CPUFreqCollectorTopology struct {
-	processor               string // logical processor number (continuous, starting at 0)
-	coreID                  string // socket local core ID
-	coreID_int              int64
-	physicalPackageID       string // socket / package ID
-	physicalPackageID_int   int64
-	numPhysicalPackages     string // number of  sockets / packages
-	numPhysicalPackages_int int64
-	isHT                    bool
-	numNonHT                string // number of non hyper-threading processors
-	numNonHT_int            int64
-	scalingCurFreqFile      string
-	tagSet                  map[string]string
+	scalingCurFreqFile string
+	tagSet             map[string]string
 }
 
 // CPUFreqCollector
@@ -64,112 +55,38 @@ func (m *CPUFreqCollector) Init(config json.RawMessage) error {
 		"unit":   "Hz",
 	}
 
-	// Loop for all CPU directories
-	baseDir := "/sys/devices/system/cpu"
-	globPattern := filepath.Join(baseDir, "cpu[0-9]*")
-	cpuDirs, err := filepath.Glob(globPattern)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to glob files with pattern '%s': %v", globPattern, err)
-	}
-	if cpuDirs == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to find any files with pattern '%s'", globPattern)
-	}
+	m.topology = make([]CPUFreqCollectorTopology, 0)
+	for _, c := range ccTopology.CpuData() {
 
-	// Initialize CPU topology
-	m.topology = make([]CPUFreqCollectorTopology, len(cpuDirs))
-	for _, cpuDir := range cpuDirs {
-		processor := strings.TrimPrefix(cpuDir, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu")
-		processor_int, err := strconv.ParseInt(processor, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to convert cpuID '%s' to int64: %v", processor, err)
-		}
-
-		// Read package ID
-		physicalPackageIDFile := filepath.Join(cpuDir, "topology", "physical_package_id")
-		line, err := os.ReadFile(physicalPackageIDFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read physical package ID from file '%s': %v", physicalPackageIDFile, err)
-		}
-		physicalPackageID := strings.TrimSpace(string(line))
-		physicalPackageID_int, err := strconv.ParseInt(physicalPackageID, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to convert packageID '%s' to int64: %v", physicalPackageID, err)
-		}
-
-		// Read core ID
-		coreIDFile := filepath.Join(cpuDir, "topology", "core_id")
-		line, err = os.ReadFile(coreIDFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read core ID from file '%s': %v", coreIDFile, err)
-		}
-		coreID := strings.TrimSpace(string(line))
-		coreID_int, err := strconv.ParseInt(coreID, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to convert coreID '%s' to int64: %v", coreID, err)
+		// Skip hyper threading CPUs
+		if c.CpuID != c.CoreCPUsList[0] {
+			continue
 		}
 
 		// Check access to current frequency file
-		scalingCurFreqFile := filepath.Join(cpuDir, "cpufreq", "scaling_cur_freq")
-		err = unix.Access(scalingCurFreqFile, unix.R_OK)
+		scalingCurFreqFile := filepath.Join("/sys/devices/system/cpu", fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", c.CpuID), "cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq")
+		err := unix.Access(scalingCurFreqFile, unix.R_OK)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to access file '%s': %v", scalingCurFreqFile, err)
 		}
 
-		t := &m.topology[processor_int]
-		t.processor = processor
-		t.physicalPackageID = physicalPackageID
-		t.physicalPackageID_int = physicalPackageID_int
-		t.coreID = coreID
-		t.coreID_int = coreID_int
-		t.scalingCurFreqFile = scalingCurFreqFile
-	}
-
-	// is processor a hyper-thread?
-	coreSeenBefore := make(map[string]bool)
-	for i := range m.topology {
-		t := &m.topology[i]
-
-		globalID := t.physicalPackageID + ":" + t.coreID
-		t.isHT = coreSeenBefore[globalID]
-		coreSeenBefore[globalID] = true
-	}
-
-	// number of non hyper-thread cores and packages / sockets
-	var numNonHT_int int64 = 0
-	PhysicalPackageIDs := make(map[int64]struct{})
-	for i := range m.topology {
-		t := &m.topology[i]
-
-		if !t.isHT {
-			numNonHT_int++
-		}
-
-		PhysicalPackageIDs[t.physicalPackageID_int] = struct{}{}
-	}
-
-	numPhysicalPackageID_int := int64(len(PhysicalPackageIDs))
-	numPhysicalPackageID := fmt.Sprint(numPhysicalPackageID_int)
-	numNonHT := fmt.Sprint(numNonHT_int)
-	for i := range m.topology {
-		t := &m.topology[i]
-		t.numPhysicalPackages = numPhysicalPackageID
-		t.numPhysicalPackages_int = numPhysicalPackageID_int
-		t.numNonHT = numNonHT
-		t.numNonHT_int = numNonHT_int
-		t.tagSet = map[string]string{
-			"type":       "hwthread",
-			"type-id":    t.processor,
-			"package_id": t.physicalPackageID,
-		}
+		m.topology = append(m.topology,
+			CPUFreqCollectorTopology{
+				tagSet: map[string]string{
+					"type":       "hwthread",
+					"type-id":    fmt.Sprint(c.CpuID),
+					"package_id": fmt.Sprint(c.Socket),
+				},
+				scalingCurFreqFile: scalingCurFreqFile,
+			},
+		)
 	}
 
 	// Initialized
 	cclog.ComponentDebug(
 		m.name,
 		"initialized",
-		numPhysicalPackageID_int, "physical packages,",
-		len(cpuDirs), "CPUs,",
-		numNonHT, "non-hyper-threading CPUs")
+		len(m.topology), "non-hyper-threading CPUs")
 	m.init = true
 	return nil
 }
@@ -184,11 +101,6 @@ func (m *CPUFreqCollector) Read(interval time.Duration, output chan lp.CCMetric)
 	for i := range m.topology {
 		t := &m.topology[i]
 
-		// skip hyper-threads
-		if t.isHT {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		// Read current frequency
 		line, err := os.ReadFile(t.scalingCurFreqFile)
 		if err != nil {