diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index dd0fe97d9ff4..467884cfd2e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -147,22 +147,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       for i in binutils/Makefile.in gas/Makefile.in ld/Makefile.in gold/Makefile.in; do
           sed -i "$i" -e 's|ln |ln -s |'
       done
-
-      # autoreconfHook is not included for all targets.
-      # Call it here explicitly as well.
-      ${finalAttrs.postAutoreconf}
     '';
 
-  postAutoreconf = ''
-    # As we regenerated configure build system tries hard to use
-    # texinfo to regenerate manuals. Let's avoid the dependency
-    # on texinfo in bootstrap path and keep manuals unmodified.
-    touch gas/doc/.dirstamp
-    touch gas/doc/asconfig.texi
-    touch gas/doc/as.1
-    touch gas/doc/as.info
-  '';
-
   # As binutils takes part in the stdenv building, we don't want references
   # to the bootstrap-tools libgcc (as uses to happen on arm/mips)
   #
@@ -247,6 +233,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       ]
     );
 
+  makeFlags = [
+    # As we regenerated configure build system tries hard to use
+    # texinfo to regenerate manuals. Let's avoid the dependency
+    # on texinfo in bootstrap path and keep manuals unmodified.
+    "MAKEINFO=true"
+  ];
+
   # Fails
   doCheck = false;