diff --git a/libraries/libixion/libixion.SlackBuild b/libraries/libixion/libixion.SlackBuild
index c1f8ee4f43..91ef036845 100644
--- a/libraries/libixion/libixion.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libixion/libixion.SlackBuild
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ find -L . \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # generate the configure file
+sed '/configure/d' -i autogen.sh
 ./autogen.sh
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -std=c++11" \