diff --git a/package/stress/stress.mk b/package/stress/stress.mk
index 4bb801e874..1b5ba06a07 100644
--- a/package/stress/stress.mk
+++ b/package/stress/stress.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ STRESS_VERSION = 1.0.4
 STRESS_SITE = http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~apw/stress
 STRESS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 STRESS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-STRESS_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # Stress is linked statically if the --enable-static is specified.
 # However, this option is always specified in the global