diff --git a/srcpkgs/hplip/template b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
index cc63c011798..2239a25822c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hplip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hplip/template
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ do_configure() {
 		mv ${i}.temp ${i}
 	done
 
-	export AUTOMAKE='automake --foreign'
-	autoreconf --force --install
-
 	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --disable-gui-build \
 		--disable-foomatic-rip-hplip-install \
 		--enable-foomatic-ppd-install \
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make
+	make ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {