diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/autoconf.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/autoconf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e566f465044d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/autoconf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 5a80c6b..07c37bf 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/spek.cc])
+ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz serial-tests])
+ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+ 
+ AC_LANG([C++])
+ AM_PROG_AR
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/default.nix
index ad1c2ff5b7e2..721afb7766d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spek/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-VYt2so2k3Rk3sLSV1Tf1G2pESYiXygrKr9Koop8ChCg=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./autoconf.patch
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     intltool
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9b1e511533c..863764b87add 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13797,9 +13797,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sonic-visualiser = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/sonic-visualiser { };
 
-  spek = callPackage ../applications/audio/spek {
-    autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
-  };
+  spek = callPackage ../applications/audio/spek { };
 
   squeezelite-pulse = callPackage ../by-name/sq/squeezelite/package.nix {
     audioBackend = "pulse";