diff --git a/cross-binutils.spec b/cross-binutils.spec
index f072a95..9a93e98 100644
--- a/cross-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-binutils.spec
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@ function config_target () {
 # in the subdirectories.  So we just rebuild the ones we care
 # about after applying the configure patches
 pushd %{srcdir}/libiberty
-autoconf
+autoconf -f
 popd
 pushd %{srcdir}/intl
-autoconf
+autoconf -f
 popd
 
 for target in `cat target.list`