diff --git a/package/directfb/directfb.mk b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
index 0df866f22f..6d5b1ce537 100644
--- a/package/directfb/directfb.mk
+++ b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ DIRECTFB_SITE = http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Core/DirectFB-$(DIRECTFB_VERSI
 DIRECTFB_SOURCE = DirectFB-$(DIRECTFB_VERSION).tar.gz
 DIRECTFB_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 DIRECTFB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-DIRECTFB_AUTORECONF = YES
 DIRECTFB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 DIRECTFB_CONF_OPT = \
 	--localstatedir=/var \