diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index e7a33e1a1d..7ca71e356a 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ LIGHTTPD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIGHTTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIGHTTPD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = lighttpd
 LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
-# Issue in configure script provided in tarball
-LIGHTTPD_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dwith_brotli=false \
 	-Dwith_dbi=false \