diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
index 2afa373..4770b70 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  3 09:15:27 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
+
+- Trying to fix build on older distros that fail because of a missing or
+  broken autoconf valgrind detection macro. Removing  autoreconf to hopefully
+  fix this.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  2 09:27:43 UTC 2018 - matthias.gerstner@suse.com
 
diff --git a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
index 0063735..38d5c24 100644
--- a/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
+++ b/tpm2.0-abrmd.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ use with the SAPI library (libtss2-sys) like any other TCTI.
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%optflags -fPIE"
 export LDFLAGS="-pie -fPIE"
-autoreconf
 %configure --disable-static --with-systemdsystemunitdir=%{_unitdir}
 make %{?_smp_mflags} PTHREAD_LDFLAGS=-pthread