diff --git a/package/ntp/ntp.mk b/package/ntp/ntp.mk
index 7d203a5e37..0b6304b109 100644
--- a/package/ntp/ntp.mk
+++ b/package/ntp/ntp.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ NTP_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-shared \
 	--program-transform-name=s,,, \
 	--disable-tickadj \
+	--disable-debugging \
 	--with-yielding-select=yes \
 	--disable-local-libevent
 # 0002-ntp-syscalls-fallback.patch