diff --git a/contrib/src/speexdsp/rules.mak b/contrib/src/speexdsp/rules.mak
index f02a7e82644c49f0564784e62cadf73f9dc24929..e82c6ba26f59c6260373a515b047d86ac35cda88 100644
--- a/contrib/src/speexdsp/rules.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/speexdsp/rules.mak
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ endif
 endif
 
 .speexdsp: speexdsp
-	mkdir -p $</m4 && $(RECONF)
 	cd $< && $(HOSTVARS) ./configure $(HOSTCONF) $(SPEEXDSP_CONF)
 	cd $< && $(MAKE) install
 	touch $@