diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-mtpfs/template b/srcpkgs/simple-mtpfs/template
index d68353f6a4b..83b78a2f52d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-mtpfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/simple-mtpfs/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake"
 makedepends="fuse-devel libmtp-devel"
 short_desc="A FUSE filesystem that supports reading/writing from MTP devices"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"