diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/2.0/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/2.0/default.nix
index d91dd67a1913..e28e084ccb60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/2.0/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/gimp/2.0/default.nix
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ./force-enable-libheif.patch
   ];
 
+  # error: possibly undefined macro: AM_NLS
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    cp ${gettext}/share/gettext/m4/nls.m4 m4macros
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
       autoreconfHook # hardcode-plugin-interpreters.patch changes Makefile.am
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 863764b87add..051406104167 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12402,7 +12402,6 @@ with pkgs;
   );
 
   gimp = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gimp/2.0 {
-    autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
     lcms = lcms2;
   };