diff --git a/package/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c.mk b/package/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c.mk
index 7cace9a607..6a6b5f3d64 100644
--- a/package/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c.mk
+++ b/package/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ PAHO_MQTT_C_LICENSE = EPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 PAHO_MQTT_C_LICENSE_FILES = epl-v20 edl-v10 LICENSE
 PAHO_MQTT_C_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+PAHO_MQTT_C_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DPAHO_ENABLE_TESTING=FALSE \
+	-DPAHO_ENABLE_CPACK=FALSE
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 PAHO_MQTT_C_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 PAHO_MQTT_C_CONF_OPTS += -DPAHO_WITH_SSL=TRUE