diff --git a/packages/debug/evtest/build b/packages/debug/evtest/build
index fab2c07fa2..c63dca2f86 100755
--- a/packages/debug/evtest/build
+++ b/packages/debug/evtest/build
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-$AUTORECONF
-
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/debug/evtest/meta b/packages/debug/evtest/meta
index 12d8e1c983..946107ec54 100644
--- a/packages/debug/evtest/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/evtest/meta
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="debug"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="evtest: Simple tool for input event debugging."
 PKG_LONGDESC="evtest is a simple tool for input event debugging."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"