diff --git a/package/pkg-autotools.mk b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
index e240b95c1..924816b9c 100644
--- a/package/pkg-autotools.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-autotools.mk
@@ -36,27 +36,6 @@ define CONFIG_UPDATE
 	done
 endef
 
-#
-# Utility function to patch the libtool files
-#
-# argument 1 : directory into which to search for libtool scripts to patch.
-# Note that libtool scripts are searched for recursively in this directory
-#
-define PATCH_LIBTOOL
-	@$(call MESSAGE,"Patching libtool")
-	$(Q)for i in `find $(1) -name ltmain.sh`; do \
-		ltmain_version=`sed -n '/^[ 	]*VERSION=/{s/^[ 	]*VERSION=//;p;q;}' $$i | \
-		sed -e 's/\([0-9].[0-9]*\).*/\1/' -e 's/\"//'`; \
-		if test $${ltmain_version} = '1.5'; then \
-			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch; \
-		elif test $${ltmain_version} = "2.2"; then\
-			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v2.2.patch; \
-		elif test $${ltmain_version} = "2.4"; then\
-			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v2.4.patch; \
-		fi \
-	done
-endef
-
 # This function generates the ac_cv_file_<foo> value for a given
 # filename. This is needed to convince configure script doing
 # AC_CHECK_FILE() tests that the file actually exists, since such
@@ -79,7 +58,18 @@ endef
 # Hook to patch libtool to make it work properly for cross-compilation
 #
 define LIBTOOL_PATCH_HOOK
-	$(call PATCH_LIBTOOL,$($(PKG)_SRCDIR))
+	@$(call MESSAGE,"Patching libtool")
+	$(Q)for i in `find $($(PKG)_SRCDIR) -name ltmain.sh`; do \
+		ltmain_version=`sed -n '/^[ 	]*VERSION=/{s/^[ 	]*VERSION=//;p;q;}' $$i | \
+		sed -e 's/\([0-9].[0-9]*\).*/\1/' -e 's/\"//'`; \
+		if test $${ltmain_version} = '1.5'; then \
+			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v1.5.patch; \
+		elif test $${ltmain_version} = "2.2"; then\
+			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v2.2.patch; \
+		elif test $${ltmain_version} = "2.4"; then\
+			$(APPLY_PATCHES) $${i%/*} support/libtool buildroot-libtool-v2.4.patch; \
+		fi \
+	done
 endef
 
 #