diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1d8ada6..285e49d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+gstreamer1.0 (1.2.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Run libtoolize in autoreconf. Drop ltmain-as-needed patch and use
+    dh_autoreconf --as-needed. 
+
+ -- Iain Lane <laney@debian.org>  Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:34:23 +0000
+
 gstreamer1.0 (1.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream bugfix release.
diff --git a/debian/patches/99_ltmain_as-needed.patch b/debian/patches/99_ltmain_as-needed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f5f2f..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/99_ltmain_as-needed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ltmain.sh b/ltmain.sh
-index c7d06c3..7bc27f2 100644
---- a/ltmain.sh
-+++ b/ltmain.sh
-@@ -5800,6 +5800,11 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	arg=$func_stripname_result
- 	;;
- 
-+      -Wl,--as-needed)
-+	deplibs="$deplibs $arg"
-+	continue
-+	;;
-+
-       -Wl,*)
- 	func_stripname '-Wl,' '' "$arg"
- 	args=$func_stripname_result
-@@ -6163,6 +6168,15 @@ func_mode_link ()
- 	lib=
- 	found=no
- 	case $deplib in
-+	-Wl,--as-needed)
-+	  if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "prog,link"; then
-+	    compile_deplibs="$deplib $compile_deplibs"
-+	    finalize_deplibs="$deplib $finalize_deplibs"
-+	  else
-+	    deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
-+	  fi
-+	  continue
-+	  ;;
- 	-mt|-mthreads|-kthread|-Kthread|-pthread|-pthreads|--thread-safe \
-         |-threads|-fopenmp|-openmp|-mp|-xopenmp|-omp|-qsmp=*)
- 	  if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "prog,link"; then
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 2497acb..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-99_ltmain_as-needed.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4485fb8..5aab7dd 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/debhelper.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/autotools.mk
 include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/utils.mk
--include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autoreconf.mk
+include /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autoreconf.mk
 include /usr/share/gnome-pkg-tools/1/rules/clean-la.mk
 
 export HOME=$(CURDIR)/fake-home
 
-# make autoreconf not call libtoolize since we ship a patch for ltmain.sh
-export LIBTOOLIZE=true
+DEB_DH_AUTORECONF_ARGS += --as-needed
+
 # make autoreconf not call autopoint since we ship a patch for po/Makefile.in.in
 export AUTOPOINT=true