diff --git a/extra/fontconfig/build b/extra/fontconfig/build
index 317b9599..76755f5f 100755
--- a/extra/fontconfig/build
+++ b/extra/fontconfig/build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 patch -p1 < fontconfig-fix-1744377.patch
 
 ./configure \
+    AUTOMAKE=/bin/true \
     --prefix=/usr \
     --localstatedir=/var \
     --sysconfdir=/etc \
diff --git a/extra/fontconfig/depends b/extra/fontconfig/depends
index 19f630b2..3d20895d 100644
--- a/extra/fontconfig/depends
+++ b/extra/fontconfig/depends
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-automake make
 expat
 freetype-harfbuzz
 gperf    make