diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
index 345e0646e..67186f170 100644
--- a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.0.bep
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ BUILD {
 	libtoolize --force --copy --install
 	aclocal
 	autoconf
-	automake
 	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
 	make
 }