diff --git a/package/libcec/libcec.mk b/package/libcec/libcec.mk
index 1fe69ee982..f00e10f5d2 100644
--- a/package/libcec/libcec.mk
+++ b/package/libcec/libcec.mk
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ LIBCEC_SITE = $(call github,Pulse-Eight,libcec,libcec-$(LIBCEC_VERSION))
 LIBCEC_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 LIBCEC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-# Autoreconf required due to being a dev tarball and not a release tarball.
-LIBCEC_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBCEC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBCEC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libplatform