diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
index 461a2c093a..4d4c91891c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/expect/expect_5.45.4.bb
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "/Expect/(?P<pver>(\d+[\.\-_]*)+)/"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${BPN}${PV}"
 
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=aclocal"
+
 do_install:append() {
 	install -d ${D}${libdir}
         install -m 0755 ${D}${libdir}/expect${PV}/libexpect*.so   ${D}${libdir}/