diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
index 1ca0a2b59257..ab05715feb75 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gegl/3.0.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, babl, libpng, cairo, libjpeg, which
-, librsvg, pango, gtk, bzip2, intltool, libtool, automake, autoconf, json_glib }:
+, librsvg, pango, gtk, bzip2, json_glib, intltool, autoreconfHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gegl-0.3.6";
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "08m7dlf2kwmp7jw3qskwxas192swhn1g4jcd8aldg9drfjygprvh";
   };
 
-  configureScript = "./autogen.sh";
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
   # needs fonts otherwise  don't know how to pass them
   configureFlags = "--disable-docs";
 
-  buildInputs = [ babl libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2 intltool
-                  autoconf automake libtool which json_glib ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    babl libpng cairo libjpeg librsvg pango gtk bzip2 which json_glib intltool
+  ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
 
-  meta = { 
+  meta = {
     description = "Graph-based image processing framework";
     homepage = http://www.gegl.org;
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;