diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-1.4.17.inc
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+require m4.inc
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-libsigsegv-prefix"
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504\
+	            file://examples/COPYING;md5=4031593b2166d6c47cae282d944a7ede"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://ac_config_links.patch \
+            file://remove-gets.patch \
+           "
+
+SRC_URI_append_class-target = "\
+           file://0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch \
+	   "
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "a5e9954b1dae036762f7b13673a2cf76"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3ce725133ee552b8b4baca7837fb772940b25e81b2a9dc92537aeaf733538c9e"