diff --git a/package/nano/nano.mk b/package/nano/nano.mk
index aba4b4f152..3707e7753d 100644
--- a/package/nano/nano.mk
+++ b/package/nano/nano.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ NANO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 NANO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 NANO_MAKE_ENV = CURSES_LIB="-lncurses"
 NANO_CONF_OPT = --without-slang
+NANO_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_NCURSESW_CONFIG=false
 NANO_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NANO_TINY),y)