diff --git a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
index d40c8beb4d..0c884b9b7e 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
+++ b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ OPROFILE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-account-check \
 	--enable-gui=no \
 	--with-kernel=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
-OPROFILE_AUTORECONF = YES
 OPROFILE_BINARIES = utils/ophelp pp/opannotate pp/oparchive pp/opgprof
 OPROFILE_BINARIES += pp/opreport opjitconv/opjitconv
 OPROFILE_BINARIES += utils/op-check-perfevents libabi/opimport
@@ -45,12 +44,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPFM4),y)
 OPROFILE_DEPENDENCIES += libpfm4
 endif
 
-define OPROFILE_CREATE_FILES
-	touch $(@D)/NEWS $(@D)/AUTHORS $(@D)/ChangeLog
-endef
-
-OPROFILE_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += OPROFILE_CREATE_FILES
-
 define OPROFILE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/oprofile