diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/autotools.bbclass
index 12881a31ec..ca76cde0e7 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/autotools.bbclass
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ inherit siteinfo
 export CONFIG_SITE
 
 acpaths ?= "default"
-EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autopoint --exclude=gtkdocize"
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autopoint"
 
 export lt_cv_sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec = "${libdir} ${base_libdir}"