diff --git a/change-docdir-definition.patch b/change-docdir-definition.patch
index f840ef2..d2456ed 100644
--- a/change-docdir-definition.patch
+++ b/change-docdir-definition.patch
@@ -78,3 +78,25 @@
  AC_SUBST(docdir)
  
  dnl Check for rpmbuild (v4) vs. rpm (v3)
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -1902,6 +1902,7 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configu
+ PACKAGE_RELEASE=1
+ 
+ 
++
+ ac_ext=c
+ ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+@@ -6757,11 +6758,6 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: Building without natur
+ fi
+ 
+ 
+-if test -n "$RPM_DOC_DIR" ; then
+-    docdir="$RPM_DOC_DIR"
+-else
+-    docdir='$(datadir)/doc'
+-fi
+ 
+ 
+ 
diff --git a/quilt.changes b/quilt.changes
index 4cbd89c..259b746 100644
--- a/quilt.changes
+++ b/quilt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec 16 11:53:53 CET 2011 - jdelvare@suse.de
+
+- Don't call autoconf during build, assume configure script is
+  already up-to-date. This avoids problems when version of autoconf
+  is too old.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 15 15:18:04 CET 2011 - jdelvare@suse.de
 
diff --git a/quilt.spec b/quilt.spec
index 785ae3c..423d116 100644
--- a/quilt.spec
+++ b/quilt.spec
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ Authors:
 %patch8 -p1
 
 %build
-autoconf
 # --with-rpmbuild=/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb:
 #
 #   SUSE Autobuild uses a version of /usr/bin/rpmbuild that sources