diff --git a/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template b/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
index fa358fdfc3e..c975a981722 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'mbuffer'
 pkgname=mbuffer
-version=20170921
+version=20171011
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake"
 makedepends="libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Buffer data steams with many additional functions"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
@@ -11,10 +10,4 @@ license="GPL-3"
 conf_files="/etc/mbuffer.rc"
 homepage="http://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html"
 distfiles="http://www.maier-komor.de/software/mbuffer/mbuffer-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=8c38ec7cb7f63e1cd4100c6f8a15a2c335ad080760157fc44e88e3465cc47027
-
-post_extract() {
-	sed -i '/etc/s,$(prefix)/etc,$(etcdir),' Makefile.in
-	sed -i 's/AC_RUN_IFELSE/AC_COMPILE_IFELSE/g' configure.in
-	autoconf
-}
+checksum=eb2f979708bb5ba42a6c1f12c7502dff3b05df8e49b5686c308eda96cad0d1fc