diff --git a/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk b/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
index fc6b01521d..fcdb43ce13 100644
--- a/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
+++ b/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ KEEPALIVED_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf openssl
 KEEPALIVED_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 KEEPALIVED_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 KEEPALIVED_CONF_OPTS = --disable-hardening
-# We're patching configure.ac
-KEEPALIVED_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C),y)
 KEEPALIVED_DEPENDENCIES += json-c