diff --git a/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild b/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild
index ecdd0cd7b2..4990f484a6 100644
--- a/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${WHYSYNTH_COMMIT}"
 src_prepare() {
 	./autogen.sh
 	default
-	WANT_AUTOMAKE="1.7" eautoreconf
+	eautoreconf
 }