diff --git a/packages/coreutils/build.sh b/packages/coreutils/build.sh
index aa98310ec..c2e872ca7 100755
--- a/packages/coreutils/build.sh
+++ b/packages/coreutils/build.sh
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities from t
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=8.27
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=8891d349ee87b9ff7870f52b6d9312a9db672d2439d289bc57084771ca21656b
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_func_mkfifo=yes gl_cv_host_operating_system=Android --without-gmp --enable-single-binary=symlinks ac_cv_func_endpwent=no"
 # pinky has no usage on Android.
 # df does not work either, let system binary prevail.
 # $PREFIX/bin/env is provided by busybox for shebangs to work directly.
 # users and who doesn't work and does not make much sense for Termux.
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" --enable-no-install-program=pinky,df,chroot,env,users,who"
+# uptime is provided by procps.
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+gl_cv_host_operating_system=Android
+--enable-no-install-program=pinky,df,chroot,env,users,who,uptime
+--enable-single-binary=symlinks
+--without-gmp
+"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_HOSTBUILD_CONFIGURE_ARGS="$TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 # Host build for man pages generated by help2man, see makefile.patch: