diff --git a/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/build b/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/build
index 8334e4b40d..69915db2e1 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/util-linux-ng/build
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --prefix=/usr \
             --disable-shared \
             --enable-static \
-            --disable-libuuid
+            --disable-libuuid \
+            --without-ncurses
 
 make -C shlibs/blkid