diff --git a/Formula/libxml2.rb b/Formula/libxml2.rb
index c8d3724ab1..b61ca4d130 100644
--- a/Formula/libxml2.rb
+++ b/Formula/libxml2.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ class Libxml2 < Formula
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
 
   def install
-    inreplace "autogen.sh", "libtoolize", "glibtoolize"
-    system "./autogen.sh"
+    system "autoreconf", "-fiv"
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
                           "--prefix=#{prefix}",
                           "--without-python",