diff --git a/packages/grep/build.sh b/packages/grep/build.sh
index c1c6a642c..34be92807 100644
--- a/packages/grep/build.sh
+++ b/packages/grep/build.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5c10da312460aec721984d5d83246d24520ec438dd48d7ab5a05dbc0d6d682
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, pcre"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
-
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="gl_cv_func_wcrtomb_works=yes"
diff --git a/packages/sed/build.sh b/packages/sed/build.sh
index 798f01f3b..5cc268ca7 100644
--- a/packages/sed/build.sh
+++ b/packages/sed/build.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
 
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="gl_cv_func_wcrtomb_works=yes"
-
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	CFLAGS+=" -D__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL=2"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_autotools.sh b/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_autotools.sh
index d960bbcef..223f128ea 100644
--- a/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_autotools.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/configure/termux_step_configure_autotools.sh
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ termux_step_configure_autotools() {
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_unlink_honors_slashes=yes"
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_vsnprintf_posix=yes"
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_vsnprintf_zerosize_c99=yes"
+	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_wcrtomb_works=yes"
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_wcwidth_works=yes"
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_working_getdelim=yes"
 	AVOID_GNULIB+=" gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=yes"