diff --git a/packages/less/build.sh b/packages/less/build.sh
index 0d62b371b..bad595807 100755
--- a/packages/less/build.sh
+++ b/packages/less/build.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Terminal pager program used to view the contents of a te
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=481
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-
-termux_step_pre_configure () {
-	# Mistake in packaging less 478
-	chmod +x $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/configure
-}