diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
index 565ddb4..427f907 100644
--- a/DEVELOPING.md
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ See the dependencies in the `README.md`.
 
 To build from a fresh checkout:
 
-    ./autogen.sh
+    autoreconf --install
     ./configure
     make
 
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0d3ae1b..0000000
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-aclocal && autoconf && autoheader && automake --add-missing --copy