diff --git a/app-admin/conky/conky-1.10.0.ebuild b/app-admin/conky/conky-1.10.0.ebuild
index cc1ba4a21ee1e..b20f331e479c2 100644
--- a/app-admin/conky/conky-1.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/conky/conky-1.10.0.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit autotools eutils libtool cmake-utils linux-info
+inherit eutils cmake-utils linux-info
 
 DESCRIPTION="An advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky"
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ pkg_setup() {
 
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-cmake.patch"
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-includefiles.patch"
 
 	# Allow user patches #478482
-	# Only run autotools if user patched something
-	epatch_user && eautoreconf || elibtoolize
+	epatch_user
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/app-admin/conky/files/conky-1.10.0-includefiles.patch b/app-admin/conky/files/conky-1.10.0-includefiles.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..948072039280e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-admin/conky/files/conky-1.10.0-includefiles.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- a/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake
++++ b/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
+ 
+ include(FindPkgConfig)
+ include(CheckFunctionExists)
+-include(CheckIncludeFile)
++include(CheckIncludeFiles)
+ include(CheckSymbolExists)
+ 
+ # Check for some headers
+@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if(BUILD_HTTP)
+ endif(BUILD_HTTP)
+ 
+ if(BUILD_NCURSES)
+-	check_include_file(ncurses.h NCURSES_H)
++	check_include_files(ncurses.h NCURSES_H)
+ 	find_library(NCURSES_LIB NAMES ncurses)
+ 	if(NOT NCURSES_H OR NOT NCURSES_LIB)
+ 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find ncurses library")
+@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ endif(BUILD_PORT_MONITORS)
+ 
+ # Check for iconv
+ if(BUILD_ICONV)
+-	check_include_file(iconv.h HAVE_ICONV_H)
++	check_include_files(iconv.h HAVE_ICONV_H)
+ 	find_library(ICONV_LIBRARY NAMES iconv)
+ 	if(NOT ICONV_LIBRARY)
+ 		# maybe iconv() is provided by libc