diff --git a/vars/build.vars b/vars/build.vars
index 297424f..4fb9ffe 100644
--- a/vars/build.vars
+++ b/vars/build.vars
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ fi;
 : ${PKG_YABASIC_SHA256SUM:=24eaca1a520817ec266d132d89b4a657d5adf3e6bad54f13b103991afdca6d40};
 : ${PKG_YABASIC_VERSION:=2.83.0};
 : ${PKG_YABASIC_URL:=http://www.yabasic.de/download/yabasic-${PKG_YABASIC_VERSION}.tar.gz};
+: ${PKG_YABASIC_DISABLED:=1};
 : ${PKG_XCOWSAY_SHA256SUM:=c7e261ba0262c3821c106ccb6d6f984e3c2da999ad10151364e55d1c699f8e51};
 : ${PKG_XCOWSAY_VERSION:=1.4};
 : ${PKG_XCOWSAY_URL:=http://www.nickg.me.uk/files/xcowsay-${PKG_XCOWSAY_VERSION}.tar.gz};