diff --git a/package/libdvbsi/libdvbsi.mk b/package/libdvbsi/libdvbsi.mk
index ed8b382826..f6469f9b92 100644
--- a/package/libdvbsi/libdvbsi.mk
+++ b/package/libdvbsi/libdvbsi.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,4 @@ LIBDVBSI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBDVBSI_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 LIBDVBSI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-# sometimes no Makefile is in the archive, just (re)generate
-LIBDVBSI_AUTORECONF = YES
-
 $(eval $(autotools-package))