diff --git a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
index 267ed112531..d7152327934 100644
--- a/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/zeromq.mk
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
   patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/remove_libstd_link.patch && \
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/netbsd_kevent_void.patch && \
-  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub config
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/netbsd_kevent_void.patch
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
   ./autogen.sh && \
+  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub config && \
   $($(package)_autoconf)
 endef