diff --git a/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk b/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
index 5baf56c718..5f5288be1c 100644
--- a/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
+++ b/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ LEVELDB_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LEVELDB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LEVELDB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LEVELDB_DEPENDENCIES = snappy
+LEVELDB_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DLEVELDB_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF \
+	-DLEVELDB_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 LEVELDB_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic