diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
index a77b7f2ff..0cf34faab 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/eudev.mk
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ define $(package)_build_cmd
   $(MAKE)
 endef
 
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  cd $($(package)_build_subdir); autoreconf -f -i
-endef
-
 define $(package)_stage_cmds
   $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
 endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/libusb.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/libusb.mk
index 53c91134c..d6a3991d8 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/libusb.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/libusb.mk
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=ffaa41d741a8a3bee244ac8e54a72ea05bf2879663c098c82fc5757853441575
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub . && \
-  autoreconf -i
+  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub .
 endef
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
index 87b34599e..2a9d7f373 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/sodium.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/disable-glibc-getrandom-getentropy.patch &&\
-  autoconf &&\
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-whitespace.patch
 endef
 
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
index 254636bca..613ec0187 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ define $(package)_set_vars
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/disable-glibc-reallocarray.patch &&\
-  autoconf
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/disable-glibc-reallocarray.patch
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds