diff --git a/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh b/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh
index 8a698b758..938b18124 100644
--- a/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/gnu-grep/recipe.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function recipe_update {
 }
 
 function recipe_build {
-    rm -f build-aux/missing
+    autoreconf
     ./configure --host=${HOST} --prefix=/
     make
     skip=1