diff --git a/js.be0 b/js.be0
index c3a7e14db..a853c09f1 100755
--- a/js.be0
+++ b/js.be0
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ SRCURL[0]="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/teams/releng/tarballs-needing-help/moz
 
 sourcesubdir_append js/src
 
+BEE_BUILDTYPE=autotools
 
 ###############################################################################
 ## Change the default (auto-detected) steps to
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ sourcesubdir_append js/src
 #}
 
 mee_configure() {
-    start_cmd ${S}/configure \
+    bee_configure \
         --with-intl-api \
         --with-system-zlib \
         --with-system-nspr \