diff --git a/build/pv/build.sh b/build/pv/build.sh
index dcc92abff..bdd0ee0f2 100755
--- a/build/pv/build.sh
+++ b/build/pv/build.sh
@@ -42,17 +42,10 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTS="
     --disable-nls
 "
 
-# can be removed once we can drop the configure.ac patch
-pre_configure() {
-    ! cross_arch $1 && return
-
-    run_autoreconf -fi
-}
-
 init
 download_source $PROG $PROG $VER
 patch_source
-prep_build
+prep_build autoconf -autoreconf
 build
 make_package
 clean_up