diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
index bc923b7c2ce2..be81fe704dca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/digitalbitbox/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "ig3+TdYv277D9GVnkRSX6nc6D6qruUOw/IQdQCK6FoA=";
   };
 
+  # configure.ac:23: error: AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR can only be used once
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "23d" src/hidapi/configure.ac
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     curl
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 07f506fc4427..35787411523f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -418,9 +418,7 @@ with pkgs;
     name = "die-hook";
   } ../build-support/setup-hooks/die.sh;
 
-  digitalbitbox = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/digitalbitbox {
-    autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
-  };
+  digitalbitbox = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/digitalbitbox { };
 
   devShellTools = callPackage ../build-support/dev-shell-tools { };