diff --git a/Formula/intercal.rb b/Formula/intercal.rb
index 76b5d427f68..7c32381a40e 100644
--- a/Formula/intercal.rb
+++ b/Formula/intercal.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ class Intercal < Formula
   url 'http://overload.intercal.org.uk/c/intercal-0.29.pax.gz'
   sha1 'a1109c97ab0a3ccc5ad181cb6d4b7aa470a69e1d'
 
-  depends_on :autoconf
-
   def install
     system "./configure", "--disable-dependency-tracking",
                           "--prefix=#{prefix}"