diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/build b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
index 70237575f1..3a0f224468 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/bash/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ bash_cv_job_control_missing=present \
             --with-gnu-ld \
             --enable-job-control \
             --without-bash-malloc \
+            --disable-readline \
             --without-installed-readline \
             --disable-nls \
             --disable-rpath \