diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
index 63cb16fccb..4860325b56 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpd.scm
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ (define-module (gnu packages mpd)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages autotools)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pulseaudio)
   #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
   #:use-module (gnu packages video)
@@ -198,19 +197,10 @@ (define-public ncmpcpp
               ("taglib" ,taglib)
               ("icu4c" ,icu4c)))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-       ("automake" ,automake)
-       ("autoconf" ,autoconf)
-       ("libtool" ,libtool)))
+     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (arguments
      '(#:configure-flags
-       '("BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=" "--with-taglib")
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-        (add-after 'unpack 'autogen
-         (lambda _
-           (setenv "NOCONFIGURE" "true")
-           (zero? (system* "sh" "autogen.sh")))))))
+       '("BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=" "--with-taglib")))
     (synopsis "Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc")
     (description "Ncmpcpp is an mpd client with a UI very similar to ncmpc,
 but it provides new useful features such as support for regular expressions