diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 1b4a1a51e9..c91cd5210b 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ GIT_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/software/scm/git
 GIT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1+
 GIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LGPL-2.1
 GIT_DEPENDENCIES = zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-GIT_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 GIT_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf openssl