diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index 48208ea953..22dd54985c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -1615,12 +1615,7 @@ (define-public graphene
                (base32 "1zd2daj7y590wnzn4jw0niyc4fnzgxrcl9i7nwhy8b25ks2hz5wq"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-introspection=yes")
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-before 'configure 'autogen
-           (lambda _
-             (zero? (system* "./autogen.sh")))))))
+     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-introspection=yes")))
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("which" ,which)