diff --git a/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk b/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
index 7ea796f0ef..2430a45fb2 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for t
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_USE_CMAKE="no"
-PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_lib_z_zlibVersion=yes \
                            --enable-static \