diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tk_9.0.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tk_9.0.1.bb
index 6cf1eecad1..b898e047b0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tk_9.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/tcltk/tk_9.0.1.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ LDFLAGS += "-Wl,-rpath,${libdir}/tcltk/${PV}/lib"
 inherit autotools features_check pkgconfig
 
 AUTOTOOLS_SCRIPT_PATH = "${S}/unix"
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=aclocal"
 
 # depends on virtual/libx11
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"