diff --git a/package/coreutils/0001-fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch b/package/coreutils/0001-fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c5a088257..0000000000
--- a/package/coreutils/0001-fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-
-coreutils: fix for dummy-man usage
-
-The options should be before the final argument, otherwise, the following error
-would appear when compiling.
-
-"dummy-man: too many non-option arguments"
-
-Signed-off-by: Chen Qi <Qi.Chen@windriver.com>
-[Gustavo: update for 8.24]
-
-diff -Nura coreutils-8.24.orig/man/local.mk coreutils-8.24/man/local.mk
---- coreutils-8.24.orig/man/local.mk	2015-07-04 11:23:47.190503631 -0300
-+++ coreutils-8.24/man/local.mk	2015-07-04 11:24:25.046741090 -0300
-@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@
- 	  && $(run_help2man)						\
- 		     --source='$(PACKAGE_STRING)'			\
- 		     --include=$(srcdir)/man/$$name.x			\
--		     --output=$$t/$$name.1				\
- 		     --info-page='\(aq(coreutils) '$$name' invocation\(aq' \
-+		     --output=$$t/$$name.1				\
- 		     $$t/$$argv$(EXEEXT)				\
- 	  && sed \
- 	       -e 's|$*\.td/||g' \
diff --git a/package/coreutils/0002-strtod_fix_clash_with_strtold.patch b/package/coreutils/0001-strtod_fix_clash_with_strtold.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from package/coreutils/0002-strtod_fix_clash_with_strtold.patch
rename to package/coreutils/0001-strtod_fix_clash_with_strtold.patch
diff --git a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
index a8137d1687..c1420b2602 100644
--- a/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
+++ b/package/coreutils/coreutils.mk
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ COREUTILS_SOURCE = coreutils-$(COREUTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 COREUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 COREUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-# coreutils-01-fix-for-dummy-man-usage.patch triggers autoreconf on build
-COREUTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
-COREUTILS_GETTEXTIZE = YES
-
 COREUTILS_CONF_OPTS = --disable-rpath \
 	$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL),--with-included-regex)