diff --git a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
index acfe59f4b8..ee9b2ca44e 100644
--- a/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
+++ b/package/libxml2/libxml2.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 LIBXML2_VERSION = 2.9.3
 LIBXML2_SITE = ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2
 LIBXML2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBXML2_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBXML2_LICENSE = MIT
 LIBXML2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBXML2_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = xml2-config