diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/2.4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/2.4.nix
index 3800a6f78dd..8ad3fcd0428 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/2.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/2.4.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, perl, python, ruby, bison, gperf, flex
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, python, ruby, bison, gperf, flex
 , pkgconfig, which, gettext, gobjectIntrospection
 , gtk2, gtk3, wayland, libwebp, enchant, sqlite
 , libxml2, libsoup, libsecret, libxslt, harfbuzz
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   prePatch = ''
     patchShebangs Tools/gtk
   '';
-
-  # patch *.in between autoreconf and configure
-  postAutoreconf = "patch -p1 < ${./webcore-svg-libxml-cflags.patch}";
+  patches = [ ./webcore-svg-libxml-cflags.patch ];
 
   configureFlags = with stdenv.lib; [
     "--disable-geolocation"
@@ -44,18 +42,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   dontAddDisableDepTrack = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook perl python ruby bison gperf flex
+    perl python ruby bison gperf flex
     pkgconfig which gettext gobjectIntrospection
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gtk2 wayland libwebp enchant
-    libxml2 libsecret libxslt harfbuzz
+    libxml2 libsecret libxslt
     gst-plugins-base sqlite
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    libsoup
+    libsoup harfbuzz/*icu in *.la*/
     (if withGtk2 then gtk2 else gtk3)
   ];