diff --git a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
index 7e0850422b..15ce9d5927 100644
--- a/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
+++ b/package/autoconf/autoconf.mk
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
 # variables used by other packages
 AUTOCONF = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoconf -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"
 AUTOHEADER = $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoheader -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"
-AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true GTKDOCIZE=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoreconf -f -i
+AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" \
+	AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" \
+	AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" GTKDOCIZE=/bin/true \
+	$(HOST_DIR)/bin/autoreconf -f -i
diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index 55d95d204e..418cd10945 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ ifeq ($$($(2)_GETTEXTIZE),YES)
 $(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += GETTEXTIZE_HOOK
 $(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-gettext
 endif
+$(2)_AUTORECONF_ENV += AUTOPOINT=/bin/true
 $(2)_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += AUTORECONF_HOOK
 # default values are not evaluated yet, so don't rely on this defaulting to YES
 ifneq ($$($(2)_LIBTOOL_PATCH),NO)