diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 8f6e35eed..adcdd2794 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # to really generate all files you need to run "make distcheck" in a
 # object tree, but this will do if you have all parts of the required
 # tool-chain installed
-PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
-/usr/local/bin/autoreconf -f -i || { echo "autoreconf failed: $?"; exit 1; }
+autoreconf -f -i || { echo "autoreconf failed: $?"; exit 1; }
 find . -name '*-private.h' -delete
 find . -name '*-protos.h' -delete