diff --git a/gettext-runtime-mini.changes b/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
index 58c3688..633ce2b 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
+++ b/gettext-runtime-mini.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 30 19:05:13 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Remove autoreconf call (not required), and drop the no longer
+  required libtool build dependency.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 23 16:56:05 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gettext-runtime-mini.spec b/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
index 469d1b8..246e5e9 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
+++ b/gettext-runtime-mini.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Name:           gettext-runtime-mini
 Version:        0.20.1
 Release:        0
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  libtool
 # To get an updated linkdupes.sh (in case there are new dupes), temproarily enable:
 #BuildRequires: fdupes
 %if %{without mini}
@@ -163,8 +162,6 @@ This package provides headers and static libraries for libtextstyle
 
 %build
 %define _lto_cflags %{nil}
-# expect a couple "You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal."
-autoreconf -fiv
 #sh autogen.sh
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -pipe -W -Wall -Dgcc_is_lint -lm"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Dgcc_is_lint"
@@ -314,7 +311,7 @@ make check || {
 %_datadir/%pacname/javaversion.class
 %_datadir/%pacname/styles
 %_datadir/%pacname/archive.dir.tar.xz
-%_datadir/aclocal/*
+%_datadir/aclocal
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{pacname}-%{dataversion}
 %{_datadir}/%{pacname}-%{dataversion}/its
 
diff --git a/gettext-runtime.changes b/gettext-runtime.changes
index 58c3688..633ce2b 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime.changes
+++ b/gettext-runtime.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 30 19:05:13 UTC 2019 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+- Remove autoreconf call (not required), and drop the no longer
+  required libtool build dependency.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 23 16:56:05 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gettext-runtime.spec b/gettext-runtime.spec
index 170af44..3a6c053 100644
--- a/gettext-runtime.spec
+++ b/gettext-runtime.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Name:           gettext-runtime
 Version:        0.20.1
 Release:        0
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:  libtool
 # To get an updated linkdupes.sh (in case there are new dupes), temproarily enable:
 #BuildRequires: fdupes
 %if %{without mini}
@@ -163,8 +162,6 @@ This package provides headers and static libraries for libtextstyle
 
 %build
 %define _lto_cflags %{nil}
-# expect a couple "You should update your `aclocal.m4' by running aclocal."
-autoreconf -fiv
 #sh autogen.sh
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -pipe -W -Wall -Dgcc_is_lint -lm"
 export CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Dgcc_is_lint"
@@ -314,7 +311,7 @@ make check || {
 %_datadir/%pacname/javaversion.class
 %_datadir/%pacname/styles
 %_datadir/%pacname/archive.dir.tar.xz
-%_datadir/aclocal/*
+%_datadir/aclocal
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{pacname}-%{dataversion}
 %{_datadir}/%{pacname}-%{dataversion}/its