diff --git a/dev-libs/libstrophe/libstrophe-0.12.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/libstrophe/libstrophe-0.12.3.ebuild
index e1970434de699..bfa7f2b9db7fd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libstrophe/libstrophe-0.12.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libstrophe/libstrophe-0.12.3.ebuild
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-inherit autotools
-
 DESCRIPTION="A simple, lightweight C library for writing XMPP clients"
 HOMEPAGE="https://strophe.im/libstrophe/"
 SRC_URI="