diff --git a/package/wipe/wipe.mk b/package/wipe/wipe.mk
index 38cb434b4e..9ec7faf6d7 100644
--- a/package/wipe/wipe.mk
+++ b/package/wipe/wipe.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 WIPE_VERSION = 2.3.1
 WIPE_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wipe/wipe/$(WIPE_VERSION)
 WIPE_SOURCE = wipe-$(WIPE_VERSION).tar.bz2
-WIPE_AUTORECONF = YES
 WIPE_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 WIPE_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE