diff --git a/gnome2/gthumb/gthumb.conf b/gnome2/gthumb/gthumb.conf
index e410a9e81..f32356bd5 100644
--- a/gnome2/gthumb/gthumb.conf
+++ b/gnome2/gthumb/gthumb.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-hook_add preconf 9 "autoreconf -vf -I $( pkgprefix -r datadir gconf )/aclocal"
+hook_add preconf 9 "autoreconf -vfi"
 
 # use libopenraw instead of dcraw
 if pkginstalled -f libopenraw; then