diff --git a/contrib/install_sodium.sh b/contrib/install_sodium.sh
index 84cc202f76e8ab..2442bdf25b8271 100755
--- a/contrib/install_sodium.sh
+++ b/contrib/install_sodium.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ cd "${SODIUM_PREFIX}/libsodium-${SODIUM_VERSION}/"
 echo "Applying patches.."
 patch -p1 < "${ROOT_PREFIX}/depends/patches/libsodium/1.0.15-pubkey-validation.diff" && \
 patch -p1 < "${ROOT_PREFIX}/depends/patches/libsodium/1.0.15-signature-validation.diff" && \
-./autogen.sh
+DO_NOT_UPDATE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS=1 ./autogen.sh
 
 # make
 "${SODIUM_PREFIX}/libsodium-${SODIUM_VERSION}/configure" --enable-static --disable-shared
diff --git a/depends/packages/libsodium.mk b/depends/packages/libsodium.mk
index d8e1371ff750d2..6162accb6077ab 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libsodium.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libsodium.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $(package)_config_opts=
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/1.0.15-pubkey-validation.diff && \
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/1.0.15-signature-validation.diff && \
-  cd $($(package)_build_subdir); ./autogen.sh
+  cd $($(package)_build_subdir); DO_NOT_UPDATE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS=1 ./autogen.sh
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds