diff --git a/packages/devel/flex/meta b/packages/devel/flex/meta
index f3c27f8d6e..c5924c03c4 100644
--- a/packages/devel/flex/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/flex/meta
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="flex: Fast lexical analyzer generator"
 PKG_LONGDESC="flex is a tool for generating programs that perform pattern-matching on text."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
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+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"