diff --git a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
index fbf2ca3f8c..4eb6931f1d 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
+++ b/package/zeromq/zeromq.mk
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ ZEROMQ_DEPENDENCIES = util-linux
 ZEROMQ_CONF_OPTS = --disable-Werror --without-documentation
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0+ with exceptions
 ZEROMQ_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LESSER
-# We're patching configure.ac
-ZEROMQ_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # Assume these flags are always available. It is true, at least for
 # SOCK_CLOEXEC, since linux v2.6.27.