diff --git a/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.recipe b/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.recipe
index 0584a7c9f..dc084a31e 100644
--- a/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.recipe
+++ b/app-text/texlive_core/texlive_core-2024.recipe
@@ -848,14 +848,14 @@ fixKSearchPaths()
 
 PATCH()
 {
-	./reautoconf
-
 	# may need to run this super early to ensure everything gets the right value...
 	fixKSearchPaths
 }
 
 BUILD()
 {
+	./reautoconf
+
 	mkdir -p ../build && cd ../build
 
 	if [ $targetArchitecture = x86_gcc2 ] || [ $targetArchitecture = x86 ]; then