diff --git a/packages/linux/build b/packages/linux/build
index 6f1b90ce95..a4ce687807 100755
--- a/packages/linux/build
+++ b/packages/linux/build
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ if [ "$PERF_SUPPORT" = "yes" -a "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
          NO_LIBPYTHON=false \
          PYTHON=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/python \
          WERROR=0 \
+         NO_SLANG=1 \
   )
 fi
 
diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index 8dfb627c70..50a8a17bb2 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 if [ "$DEVTOOLS" = "yes" ]; then
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Python"
-  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS slang elfutils Python"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS elfutils Python"
 fi