diff --git a/packages/audio/faad2/build b/packages/audio/faad2/build
index 67a881f170..a2f7448fd4 100755
--- a/packages/audio/faad2/build
+++ b/packages/audio/faad2/build
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-$AUTORECONF
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/audio/faad2/meta b/packages/audio/faad2/meta
index 42d2727d00..71eaeb620d 100644
--- a/packages/audio/faad2/meta
+++ b/packages/audio/faad2/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="audio"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="faad: An MPEG-4 AAC decoder"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The FAAD project includes the AAC decoder FAAD2. It supports several MPEG-4 object types (LC, Main, LTP, HE AAC, PS) and file formats (ADTS AAC, raw AAC, MP4), multichannel and gapless decoding as well as MP4 metadata tags. The codecs are compatible with standard-compliant audio applications using one or more of these profiles."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"