diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-native_2.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-native_2.7.9.bb
index 28aaa111ce..34f5c2914e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-native_2.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python-native_2.7.9.bb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE = '\
   STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE} \
 '
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure_append() {
 	autoreconf --verbose --install --force --exclude=autopoint ../Python-${PV}/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
index 048ec3903a..4087c2cb13 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.9.bb
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ TARGET_CC_ARCH_append_armv7a = " -D__SOFTFP__"
 # The following is a hack until we drop ac_cv_sizeof_off_t from site files
 EXTRA_OECONF += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'largefile', 'ac_cv_sizeof_off_t=8', '', d)} ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no"
 
-do_configure_prepend() {
+do_configure_append() {
 	rm -f ${S}/Makefile.orig
-	autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force --exclude=autopoint Modules/_ctypes/libffi || bbnote "_ctypes failed to autoreconf"
+        autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force --exclude=autopoint ../Python-${PV}/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
 }
 
 do_compile() {