diff --git a/packages/tools/procps-ng/package.mk b/packages/tools/procps-ng/package.mk
index 385ec9a959..d33c913ddb 100644
--- a/packages/tools/procps-ng/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/procps-ng/package.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-modern-top \
                            --enable-static"
 
 makeinstall_target() {