diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/action.yml
index 65a1a04c..4c24215a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
           CXX: ${{ matrix.cxx }}
         if: startsWith(matrix.build-system,'autotools')
         run: |
-          ./autogen.sh
+          autoreconf -vif
           if [[ "${CC}" == "clang" ]]; then
             ./configure --enable-werror && make distcheck
           else
diff --git a/Building-for-Android.md b/Building-for-Android.md
index c664281b..eb5a0d35 100644
--- a/Building-for-Android.md
+++ b/Building-for-Android.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Assuming the Android Ndk is installed at location `/path/to/toolchain`, building
 libsndfile for Android (arm-linux-androideabi) should be as simple as:
 ```
-./autogen.sh
+autoreconf -vif
 export ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_HOME=/path/to/android/toolchain
 ./Scripts/android-configure.sh
 make
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82b0b390..f14afcd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Similarly on Mac OS X, assuming [brew] is already installed:
 Once the build environment has been set up, building and testing libsndfile is
 as simple as:
 
-    ./autogen.sh
+    autoreconf -vif
     ./configure --enable-werror
     make
     make check
diff --git a/Scripts/static-deps-build.mk b/Scripts/static-deps-build.mk
index a2c19694..bbf2f0d7 100755
--- a/Scripts/static-deps-build.mk
+++ b/Scripts/static-deps-build.mk
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Build/Stamp/build-ogg : Build/Stamp/sha256sum
 ifeq ($(disable_ogg_crc), true)
 	echo "Ogg/CRC enabled"
 	(cd Build && git clone https://github.com/xiph/ogg $(ogg_version))
-	(cd Build/$(ogg_version) && ./autogen.sh && CFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure $(config_options) --disable-crc && make all install)
+	(cd Build/$(ogg_version) && autoreconf -vif && CFLAGS=-fPIC ./configure $(config_options) --disable-crc && make all install)
 else
 	echo "Ogg/CRC disabled"
 	(cd Build && tar xf Tarballs/$(ogg_tarball))
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Build/Stamp/install-libs : Build/Stamp/extract Build/Stamp/build-ogg
 	touch $@
 
 configure : configure.ac
-	./autogen.sh
+	autoreconf -vif
 
 Build/Stamp/configure : Build/Stamp/install-libs configure
 	PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=Build/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index dbdb5ded..00000000
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Run this to set up the build system: configure, makefiles, etc.
-# (based on the version in enlightenment's cvs)
-
-package="libsndfile"
-
-olddir=`pwd`
-srcdir=`dirname $0`
-test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
-
-cd "$srcdir"
-DIE=0
-
-printf "checking for autogen ... "
-result="yes"
-(autogen --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-        echo
-        echo "You must have GNU autogen installed to compile $package."
-        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-		result="no"
-        DIE=1
-}
-echo $result
-
-printf "checking for autoconf ... "
-result="yes"
-(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-        echo
-        echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $package."
-        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-		result="no"
-        DIE=1
-}
-echo $result
-
-VERSIONGREP="sed -e s/.*[^0-9\.]\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/"
-VERSIONMKMAJ="sed -e s/\([0-9][0-9]*\)[^0-9].*/\\1/"
-VERSIONMKMIN="sed -e s/.*[0-9][0-9]*\.//"
-
-# do we need automake?
-if test -r Makefile.am; then
-  AM_OPTIONS=`fgrep AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS Makefile.am`
-  AM_NEEDED=`echo $AM_OPTIONS | $VERSIONGREP`
-  if test x"$AM_NEEDED" = "x$AM_OPTIONS"; then
-    AM_NEEDED=""
-  fi
-  if test -z $AM_NEEDED; then
-    printf "checking for automake ... "
-    AUTOMAKE=automake
-    ACLOCAL=aclocal
-    if ($AUTOMAKE --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-      echo "yes"
-    else
-      echo "no"
-      AUTOMAKE=
-    fi
-  else
-    printf "checking for automake $AM_NEEDED or later ... "
-    majneeded=`echo $AM_NEEDED | $VERSIONMKMAJ`
-    minneeded=`echo $AM_NEEDED | $VERSIONMKMIN`
-    for am in automake-$AM_NEEDED automake$AM_NEEDED \
-	automake automake-1.7 automake-1.8 automake-1.9 automake-1.10; do
-      ($am --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1) || continue
-      ver=`$am --version < /dev/null | head -n 1 | $VERSIONGREP`
-      maj=`echo $ver | $VERSIONMKMAJ`
-      min=`echo $ver | $VERSIONMKMIN`
-      if test $maj -eq $majneeded -a $min -ge $minneeded; then
-        AUTOMAKE=$am
-        echo $AUTOMAKE
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-    test -z $AUTOMAKE &&  echo "no"
-    printf "checking for aclocal $AM_NEEDED or later ... "
-    for ac in aclocal-$AM_NEEDED aclocal$AM_NEEDED \
-	aclocal aclocal-1.7 aclocal-1.8 aclocal-1.9 aclocal-1.10; do
-      ($ac --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1) || continue
-      ver=`$ac --version < /dev/null | head -n 1 | $VERSIONGREP`
-      maj=`echo $ver | $VERSIONMKMAJ`
-      min=`echo $ver | $VERSIONMKMIN`
-      if test $maj -eq $majneeded -a $min -ge $minneeded; then
-        ACLOCAL=$ac
-        echo $ACLOCAL
-        break
-      fi
-    done
-    test -z $ACLOCAL && echo "no"
-  fi
-  test -z $AUTOMAKE || test -z $ACLOCAL && {
-        echo
-        echo "You must have automake installed to compile $package."
-        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
-        exit 1
-  }
-fi
-
-printf "checking for libtool ... "
-for LIBTOOLIZE in libtoolize glibtoolize nope; do
-  ($LIBTOOLIZE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
-done
-if test x$LIBTOOLIZE = xnope; then
-  echo "nope."
-  LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
-else
-  echo $LIBTOOLIZE
-fi
-($LIBTOOLIZE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-	echo
-	echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $package."
-	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
-	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
-	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
-	DIE=1
-}
-
-printf "checking for pkg-config ... "
-result="yes"
-(pkg-config --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-        echo
-        echo "You must have pkg-config installed to compile $package."
-        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution."
-		result="no"
-        DIE=1
-}
-echo $result
-
-
-printf "checking for python ... "
-result="yes"
-(python --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
-        echo
-        echo "You must have Python installed to compile $package."
-        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
-        echo "or get the source tarball at http://python.org/"
-		result="no"
-        DIE=1
-}
-echo $result
-
-if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
-        exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Generating configuration files for $package, please wait ... "
-
-echo "  $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
-$ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit 1
-echo "  $LIBTOOLIZE --automake --force"
-$LIBTOOLIZE --automake --force || exit 1
-echo "  autoheader"
-autoheader || exit 1
-echo "  $AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS"
-$AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS || exit 1
-echo "  autoconf"
-autoconf || exit 1
-
-# Generate the src/cmake-config.h.in from src/config.h.in.
-# CMake process src/cmake-config.h to create src/config.h.
-rm -f src/config.h src/cmake-config.h
-
-cd $olddir
-
-if test -d .git/ ; then
-	fprecommit=.git/hooks/pre-commit
-	if test ! -f $fprecommit ; then
-		echo
-		echo "Installing git pre-commit hook for this project."
-		printf "#/bin/sh\nexec Scripts/git-pre-commit-hook\n" > $fprecommit
-		chmod u+x $fprecommit
-		echo
-		fi
-	fi
-
diff --git a/ossfuzz/ossfuzz.sh b/ossfuzz/ossfuzz.sh
index a4d98d93..7b3666ff 100755
--- a/ossfuzz/ossfuzz.sh
+++ b/ossfuzz/ossfuzz.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ apt-get -y install autoconf autogen automake libtool pkg-config python
 # libasound2-dev libflac-dev libogg-dev libopus-dev libvorbis-dev
 
 # Compile the fuzzer.
-./autogen.sh
+autoreconf -vif
 ./configure --disable-shared --enable-ossfuzzers
 make V=1