diff --git a/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-24.0.2.ebuild b/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-24.0.2.ebuild
index 40a0d0afa216f..96bfbca410693 100644
--- a/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-24.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/erlang/erlang-24.0.2.ebuild
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 	# bug #797886: erlang's VM does unsafe casts for ints
 	# to pointers and back. This breaks on gcc-11 -flto.
 	append-flags -fno-strict-aliasing
-
-	./otp_build autoconf || die
 }
 
 src_configure() {