diff --git a/projects/gnu.org/automake/package.yml b/projects/gnu.org/automake/package.yml
index 856017f0..0b965473 100644
--- a/projects/gnu.org/automake/package.yml
+++ b/projects/gnu.org/automake/package.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ build:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
     gnu.org/patch: '*'
-    gnu.org/automake: '*' # when did this become self-requiring?
-    gnu.org/texinfo: '*'
   script: |-
     ./configure \
       --build={{ hw.target }} \
diff --git a/projects/hadrons.org/libmd/package.yml b/projects/hadrons.org/libmd/package.yml
index 2107c7cc..dafd1705 100644
--- a/projects/hadrons.org/libmd/package.yml
+++ b/projects/hadrons.org/libmd/package.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ build:
   dependencies:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
-    gnu.org/autoconf: '*'
-    gnu.org/automake: '*'
     gnu.org/patch: '*'
     crates.io/semverator: '*'
   script:
diff --git a/projects/openvpn.net/package.yml b/projects/openvpn.net/package.yml
index a1247a56..88c4e7f1 100644
--- a/projects/openvpn.net/package.yml
+++ b/projects/openvpn.net/package.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ build:
   dependencies:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
-    gnu.org/autoconf: '*'
-    gnu.org/automake: '*'
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: ^0.29
   script: |
     ./configure $ARGS
diff --git a/projects/x.org/protocol/package.yml b/projects/x.org/protocol/package.yml
index 46bee7f7..fa370bd8 100644
--- a/projects/x.org/protocol/package.yml
+++ b/projects/x.org/protocol/package.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ build:
   dependencies:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
-    gnu.org/autoconf: '*'
-    gnu.org/automake: '*'
   script: |
     ./configure \
       --prefix="{{prefix}}" \
diff --git a/projects/x.org/x11/package.yml b/projects/x.org/x11/package.yml
index 8be66ea3..05d8a863 100644
--- a/projects/x.org/x11/package.yml
+++ b/projects/x.org/x11/package.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ build:
     x.org/util-macros: '*'
     x.org/xtrans: ^1
     gnu.org/sed: '*'  # or build fails on macOS
-    gnu.org/autoconf: '*'
-    gnu.org/automake: '*'
   script: |
     ./configure $ARGS
     make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }} install