diff --git a/libguestfs.changes b/libguestfs.changes
index 45d7990..9ba8834 100644
--- a/libguestfs.changes
+++ b/libguestfs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 14 16:39:14 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
+
+- remove autoreconf -fi, it fails with autoconf-1.10 as included 
+  in sles11 due to AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE usage
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 13 23:47:18 CET 2012 - ohering@suse.de
 
diff --git a/libguestfs.spec b/libguestfs.spec
index fc38963..a93c300 100644
--- a/libguestfs.spec
+++ b/libguestfs.spec
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ else
 	default_attach_method="appliance"
 fi
 #
-autoreconf -fi
 %configure \
 	--help || :
 #sed -i '1 s@^.*@#!/bin/sh -x@' configure