diff --git a/srcpkgs/m4/template b/srcpkgs/m4/template
index 111dc6a6b07..af7b62ecaa5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/m4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/m4/template
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=f2c1e86ca0a404ff281631bdc8377638992744b175afb806e25871a24a934e07
 
+if [ -z "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
+	# Disable makeinfo unconditionally
+	# texinfo is defaulted to utf-8 now and the file is in iso-8859-1
+	# Don't sed the file, otherwise, it'll try to rebuild
+	export MAKEINFO=:
+fi
+
 pre_check() {
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 		*-musl* )