diff --git a/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk b/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
index ee2764e4b5..d9f1660aec 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
+++ b/packages/graphics/libpng/package.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ PKG_SHORTDESC="libpng: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library"
 PKG_LONGDESC="PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits."
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_USE_CMAKE="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_lib_z_zlibVersion=yes \