diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/configure.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81c50cec814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.ac
+similarity index 90%
+rename from configure.in
+rename to configure.ac
+index 3ad98ca11da..8fad378faf4 100644
+--- a/configure.in
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
+ AC_INIT(interface/interface.c)
+ 
+-cp $srcdir/configure.guess $srcdir/config.guess
+-cp $srcdir/configure.sub $srcdir/config.sub
+-
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+ 
+-if test -z "$CC"; then
+-	AC_PROG_CC	
+-fi
++AC_PROG_CC
+ AC_PROG_RANLIB
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(AR,ar,ar)
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(INSTALL,install,install)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
index 10ff66de77e..2c13631624e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/cdparanoia/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, gnu-config, IOKit, Carbon }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl
+, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook, autoreconfHook
+, IOKit, Carbon
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cdparanoia-III";
@@ -9,7 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1pv4zrajm46za0f6lv162iqffih57a8ly4pc69f7y0gfyigb8p80";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+  patches = [
+    ./fix_private_keyword.patch
+    ./configure.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     (fetchurl {
       url = "https://trac.macports.org/export/70964/trunk/dports/audio/cdparanoia/files/osx_interface.patch";
       sha256 = "1n86kzm2ssl8fdf5wlhp6ncb2bf6b9xlb5vg0mhc85r69prqzjiy";
@@ -18,8 +24,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://trac.macports.org/export/70964/trunk/dports/audio/cdparanoia/files/patch-paranoia_paranoia.c.10.4.diff";
       sha256 = "17l2qhn8sh4jy6ryy5si6ll6dndcm0r537rlmk4a6a8vkn852vad";
     })
-    ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./utils.patch
-    ++ [./fix_private_keyword.patch];
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ./utils.patch;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     Carbon
@@ -28,13 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    unset CC
-  '' + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86) ''
-    cp ${gnu-config}/config.sub configure.sub
-    cp ${gnu-config}/config.guess configure.guess
-  '';
-
   # Build system reuses the same object file names for shared and static
   # library. Occasionally fails in the middle:
   #    gcc -O2 -fsigned-char -g -O2 -c scan_devices.c