diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
index 7b7e455bc16..97c18b4ac21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax-utils/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'pax-utils'
 pkgname=pax-utils
-version=1.2.7
+version=1.2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-caps"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
 checkdepends="python3-pyelftools"
 short_desc="PaX aware and related utilities for ELF binaries"
@@ -12,8 +12,4 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://cgit.gentoo.org/proj/pax-utils.git/"
 distfiles="https://gentoo.osuosl.org/distfiles/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=92ba5c4b2d475d2d29130398829f6e0a1a3aab0bf355c1d3658d4645c945aff3
-
-pre_configure() {
-	AUTOMAKE="automake --foreign" autoreconf -fi
-}
+checksum=bab4c8846e1d2cc3669cfa9231d21db335841d7d58f9e19cd099fe6ce626b157