diff --git a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
index 8e9124d..4387993 100644
--- a/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
+++ b/steps/SHA256SUMS.pkgs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ d5fcce4baea5e11f983a7e4b7148545ab6720bb4e010898c73387f6711be67f4  autoconf-2.64_
 9b52663ad7c591520805b96c519c4a291d8a9a960a907341c5b78cd631ebb344  autogen-5.18.16_0.tar.bz2
 02a426e82a52d4a2cd7e73fe3dc5a2c58b3ed100f24a92c57e42511fd86e247c  automake-1.10.3_0.tar.bz2
 34925adeaa2876a5e068adeb17b71fe7c7105244c3cb5439d33f7406310674da  automake-1.11.2_0.tar.bz2
-a7bd12bd0c639783ce1c0e9f640cf004a87460bbda8154bc550c5e6884457b48  automake-1.15.1_0.tar.bz2
+7e36e9e4b3957c95b6de8ff475c9b37aa007e2f9735b01c0eaf14b711fdd112f  automake-1.15.1_0.tar.bz2
 57100612d902537b72ee2fd3dfecc903f2ea3959f1a480af87c6a1ef9a9d7c03  automake-1.16.3_0.tar.bz2
 1c7e09ac08f156960420fca1f6e8560c1855bf01b001a0648b56153d6ceb9c28  automake-1.6.3_0.tar.bz2
 444131776779d1f27628088a817bfb8c9aa85f4b036b934794a71e484ec9bd70  automake-1.6.3_1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/steps/automake-1.15.1/pass1.sh b/steps/automake-1.15.1/pass1.sh
index 41c8b84..9236bb5 100755
--- a/steps/automake-1.15.1/pass1.sh
+++ b/steps/automake-1.15.1/pass1.sh
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ src_prepare() {
     sed -i '/doc\/Makefile.inc/d' Makefile.am
     sed -i '/t\/Makefile.inc/d' Makefile.am
 
-    AUTOCONF=autoconf-2.69 AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 ./bootstrap
+    AUTOCONF="autoconf-2.69 -f" AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 ./bootstrap
 
     rm doc/automake-history.info doc/automake.info*
 }
 
 src_configure() {
-    AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 AUTOHEADER=autoheader-2.69 AUTOCONF=autoconf-2.69 ./configure --prefix="${PREFIX}"
+    AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 AUTOHEADER=autoheader-2.69 AUTOCONF="autoconf-2.69 -f" ./configure --prefix="${PREFIX}"
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-    AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 AUTOHEADER=autoheader-2.69 AUTOCONF=autoconf-2.69 make -j1 MAKEINFO=true
+    AUTORECONF=autoreconf-2.69 AUTOM4TE=autom4te-2.69 AUTOHEADER=autoheader-2.69 AUTOCONF="autoconf-2.69 -f" make -j1 MAKEINFO=true
 }
 
 src_install() {