diff --git a/packages/devel/newt/build b/packages/devel/newt/build
index 3273d7fb02..fd6bee44c3 100755
--- a/packages/devel/newt/build
+++ b/packages/devel/newt/build
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --exec-prefix=/usr \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --datadir=/usr/share \
+            --without-python \
+            --without-tcl
 
 make
 $MAKEINSTALL