diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/gettext/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/gettext/build
index 0151dc5b25..03d8937950 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/gettext/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/autotools/gettext/build
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --enable-shared \
             --disable-static \
             --disable-rpath \
-            --with-gnu-ld
+            --with-gnu-ld \
+            --without-emacs
 
 make
 make install